Midnight Hawks (four BAE Hawk jet trainer aircraft) at Helsinki International Airshow 2009 – Credits: Vestman Two Finnish Air Force Midnight Hawks Aerobatic team training jets contacted each other in mid-air. The wings of the planes made contact, causing minor damage. Both aircraft landed safely. Four Hawk jet training aircraft …
Read More »USAF C-17 Airlifter Catches Fire on Runway At The Joint Base Charleston
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 …
Read More »Turkish Air Force KT-1 Training Aircraft Crashes In The Sea Pff Foça
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 …
Read More »Turkish Stars Display Team NF-5 Jet Crashes At Konya Air Base Killing Pilot
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 …
Read More »U.S. Navy Super Hornet Intake And Engine Damaged In Bird Strike
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 …
Read More »Afghan Army Black Hawk Helicopter Crashes In Helmand province Killing 3
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 …
Read More »Czech Air Force Aero L-159 Trainer Loses Canopy During Flight
Credits: Army of the Czech Republic During a training flight, the plane lost its canopy for unknown reasons. Pilots descended to the lower altitude and safety landed on home AFB Čáslav. Incident is during investigation by the army and Aero Vodochody company. Army is also looking for canopy. Actualy there …
Read More »Uruguayan Air Force Helicopter Carrying Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccines Crashes In Rocha
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 …
Read More »Royal Navy Hawk T1 Trainer Aircraft Crashes In Cornwall
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, …
Read More »U.S. Navy T-45 Goshawk Trainer Jet Crashes In Orange Grove
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 …
Read More »