An instructor pilot’s lack of spatial awareness and a failure to follow a stall recovery checklist caused the May 1 crash of a T-6 Texan II during a training flight at Sheppard AFB, Texas, the Air Force states in a recently released investigation. The pilots ...
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The head of Taiwan’s military and seven others were killed in a Jan. 2 UH-60M Black Hawk crash near New Taipei City. Gen. Shen Yi-ming was on his way to visit his troops when the Black Hawk disappeared from radar shortly after takeoff while flying ...
Capt. Tyler Hill, 8th Fighter Squadron flight commander, pilots an F-16 with Andrew King, University of Michigan Air Force ROTC cadet, on Aug. 15, 2019, at Holloman AFB, N.M. Air Force photo by A1C Autumn Vogt. A pilot is recovering...
A 52nd Fighter Wing crew chief marshals an F-16 Fighting Falcon down the runway at Spangdahlem AB, Germany, on Oct. 1 2019. Air Force photo by A1C Alison Stewart. Flight operations at Spangdahlem AB, Germany, were grounded on Oct. 9,...
USAF F-16s return to Spangdahlem AB, Germany, after completing Exercise Trident Juncture 18 on Nov. 9, 2018. Air Force photo by A1C Branden Rae. A pilot from the 52nd Fighter Wing at Spangdahlem AB, Germany, successfully ejected from their F-16...
Robins Air Force Base's Russell Parkway Gate, where the incident occurred, is shown above. Air Force photo by Sue Sapp. Three men died Oct. 5 after ramming their car into a security gate at Robins AFB, Ga., the base said...
Bob Gretz, National Transportation Safety Board investigator-in-charge, is shown at the site of the B-17 crash at Bradley International Airport in Connecticut. NTSB photo via Twitter. Seven people are confirmed or presumed dead after a restored World War II-era B-17...
A restored B-17G "Nine O Nine" flies past Mount Shasta in California in this undated photo. This B-17G crashed Oct. 2 at Bradley International Airport near Hartford, Conn. Collings Foundation courtesy photo by Jim Dunn. A restored B-17G Flying Fortress,...