A USAF 437th Airlift Wing Boeing C-17A Globemaster III, performing flight RCH351 (callsign “Reach 351”), experienced a fire in the main lefthand wheel bay, probably due to overheated brakes, after landing at Joint Base Charleston (CHS/KCHS), North Charleston, South Carolina. On 9 April 2021, a C-17A mishap occured at Joint …
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Turkish Air Force KAI KT-1 Woongbi – Credits: Aldo Bidini The KT-1 type military training aircraft, which took off from the 2nd Anajet base in İzmir, crashed in the sea off Foça for an unknown reason. The Ministry of National Defense announced the two pilots aboard were rescued. The cause …
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Credits: TRT World A Northrop NF-5 aircraft, belonging to the Turkish Air Force demonstration team “Türk Yıldızları” (Turkish Stars) crashes in the central province of Konya killing a pilot. According to the Turkish authorities, the NF-5A Freedom Fighter crashed at 14.15LT, during a training flight. UPDATE: Pilot dies in NF-5 …
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A F/A-18E Super Hornet assigned to the “Gladiators” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 106 conducts airshow practice at Naval Air Station Oceana on Jan. 15. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Caledon Rabbipal) on Mar. 22, 2021, An F/A-18F Super Hornet assigned to the “Gladiators” of Strike …
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Image: Old Afghan Air Force Sikorsky UH-60A Black Hawk Helicopter crash – Credits: Pajhwok Afghan News An Afghan National Army Sikorsky UH-60A Black Hawk helicopter made an emergency landing in Nahre Siraj district after a technical malfunction. three occupants are said to have died in the crash, even others were …
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Credits: MDN Uruguay A helicopter of the Fuerza Aérea Uruguaya (Uruguayan Air Force) Bell 212 helicopter transporting covid vaccines encountered a technical malfunction. The pilot had to make an emergency landing and the helicopter and the vaccines were destroyed by fire. The three crew members were injured. An Uruguay’s Air …
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Hawk – RNAS Culdrose 2006 – Tim Felce (Airwolfhound) – Hawk – RNAS Culdrose 2006 The Royal Navy BAe Hawk T1A crashed near St. Martin, Helston, Cornwall. Both pilots ejected safely. The male pilots thought to be trainees, safely ejected moments before the Hawk T1 jet, capable of flying more than 620mph, …
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A pair of T-45A Goshawks during a training flight over Texas – Lt. j.g. John A. Ivancic – navy.mil U.S. Navy McDonnell Douglas T-45 Goshawk Crashed during a training flight 3 miles northeast of Naval Auxiliary Landing Field Orange Grove (NOG/KNOG), Orange Groove, Texas, both pilots ejected safely. It happened around 2 …
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A Bolivian K-8 – Teclado00 A Bolivian Air Force Hongdu JL-8 trainer plane crashes into a house in Sacaba, Cochabamba, and was destroyed by fire. There is said to be one fatality on the ground. Both pilots are said to have ejected safely. The crashed jet was a training aircraft. …
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Tu-22M3M GEFEST – Dmitry Terekhov from Odintsovo, Russian Federation Russian Air Force Tupolev Tu-22 Backfire bomber crashes in kaluga region killing three crew onboard. According to Russian media, a Tu-22M3 Backfire long-range bomber crashed at Shaykovka airbase, in the Kaluga region, killing the three crew on board. When preparing for takeoff, …
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