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Wisconsin Air National Guard F-16 Fighting Falcon Crashes In Michigan, Pilot Missing

Wisconsin Air National Guard F-16 Fighting Falcon Crashes In Michigan, Pilot Missing

Lt. Col. Glen Messner, 115th Fighter Wing, Wisconsin Air National Guard, flies an F-16 Fighting Falcon over the state capitol in Madison, Oct. 18, 2008. – Credits: Photo by Master Sgt. Paul Gorman The General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon is reported down in the Hiawatha National Forest, Upper Peninsula, Michigan. The …

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Two Pilots Forced To Eject After RAAF F/A-18F Super Hornet Suffered A Low-Speed Runway Excursion

Two Pilots Forced To Eject After RAAF F/A-18F Super Hornet Suffered A Low-Speed Runway Excursion

Screenshot from the footage aired by ABC News (Australia) (Image credit: ABC News Australia) A RAAF Boeing F/A-18F Super Hornet, operated by 1 Squadron, suffered a low-speed runway excursion from RAAF Amberley (YAMB), Queensland. Both pilots ejected safely. The aircraft sustained substantial damage to the cockpit. Apparently, there was a …

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Indonesian Air Force KAI KT-1 Training Aircraft Crashes In Yogyakarta region, Both Pilots Ejected Safely

Indonesian Air Force KAI KT-1 Training Aircraft Crashes In Yogyakarta region, Both Pilots Ejected Safely

Demonstration Flight of ROKAF New Light Trainer KT- Doo Ho Kim – commons file The Indonesian Air Force KAI KT-1B Woongbi trainer plane crashed under unknown circumstances. Both pilots ejected safely. Though Wong Bee KT-18 plane was heavily damaged, pilots Sekti Ambarwati and Krisna Nugrahawere able to safely eject before impact in …

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Tigray Rebels Allegedly Claims To Shot Down Ethiopian MiG-23 Fighter jet & Captured Pilot

Tigray Rebels Allegedly Claims To Shot Down Ethiopian MiG-23 Fighter jet & Captured Pilot

There are conflicting reports concerning the downing of a MiG-23 warplane of the Ethiopian Air Force in the Abi Adi area by the Tigray nationalist movement. Tigray fighters belonging to the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) have claimed to shoot down a MiG-23 which crashed near Abiy Addi, 50 kilometers …

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Indian Navy MiG-29K Trainer Aircraft Crashes Into Arabian Sea, One Pilot Rescued Another Missing

Indian Navy MiG-29K Crashes Off Goa Coast

MiG-29K operates from INS Vikramaditya – Credits: An Indian Navy MiG-29K crashed under unknown circumstances in the Arabian Sea. One crew member ejected safely, another is missing. Search operations are being conducted. The incident took place at around 5 pm in the Arabian Sea, it said, adding that a high-level …

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U.S. Officially Offers Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II Jets To Switzerland

Switzerland to Hold Referendum On The Purchase Of F-35 Fighter Jets

Two F-35C Lightning II, attached to the “Argonauts” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 147, stationed at Naval Air Station Lemoore, fly in formation for a photo exercise. U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Shannon E. Renfroe (Released) The US Government and Lockheed Martin have officially proposed the sale …

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Republic of China Air Force F-16 Fighter Jet Goes Missing Off Eastern Taiwan

Republic of China Air Force F-16 Fighter Jet Goes Missing Off Eastern Taiwanv

REUTERS/PICHI CHUANG Taiwan buying more—and more advanced—F-16s from the US would not please China. STERN REPRESENTATIONS “Extremely dangerous”: China warns US on F-16 sales to Taiwan By Steve MollmanApril 1, 2019 A Taiwanese military F-16A-20-CF, operated by the 5th Tactical Fighter Wing, 26th Tactical Fighter Group, is missing. Search operations …

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U.S. Army UH-60 Black Hawk Helicopter Crashes Off Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula Killing 8 Including 6 Americans

U.S. Army UH-60 Black Hawk Helicopter Crashes Off Egypt's Sinai Peninsula Killing 8 Including 6 Americans

Troopers assigned to Apache Troop, 1st Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment, participate in a land to air to sea casualty evacuation training exercise during their nine month rotation in the Sinai Peninsula, Egypt, Jan. 22, 2016. Photo by Sgt. William Tanner A UH-60A+ Black Hawk helicopter crashed in the Sinai desert in …

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