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Crashes and Collisions
Navy Training Jet Crashes in Pensacola, Fla.
Associated Press | Nov 04, 2013
NAVAL AIR STATION PENSACOLA, Fla. - A spokesman says a training jet has crashed at Naval Air Station Pensacola and the flight instructor and student pilot have been taken to the hospital. Air station spokesman Harry White says the condition of the pilots wasn't immediately known Monday. He says the two-seat U.S. Navy T-45C Goshawk crashed at t... more
F-16 Pilot Blamed in Bird-Strike Crash
Associated Press | Nov 01, 2013
PHOENIX -- An instructor pilot is to blame for the June crash of an F-16 fighter at Luke Air Force Base west of Phoenix because he made a rapid climbing turn after hitting several birds while taking off, robbing the plane of airspeed and the ability to recover, according to an Air Force investigation report released Thursday. The report release... more
F-16 Crash Report Cites Spatial Disorientation
Stars and Stripes | Oct 30, 2013
KAISERSLAUTERN, Germany -- An Air Force F-16 pilot killed in late January during a night training flight off the coast of Italy, died while ejecting from his aircraft after becoming spatially disoriented, according to findings of an Air Force accident investigation board released Wednesday. Maj. Lucas Gruenther's body was found in the A... more
Two Killed in Crash of P-51 Mustang in Texas
Associated Press | Oct 25, 2013
GALVESTON, Texas - Two men have died after a vintage fighter plane crashed near Galveston. The Texas Department of Public Safety says 51-year-old pilot Keith Hibbett of Denton and his 66-year-old passenger John Stephen Busby, who was visiting from the United Kingdom, were killed in the crash Wednesday. U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer Steve Lehm... more
Swiss Fighter Jet Crashes, 2 Crew Missing
Associated Press | Oct 23, 2013
GENEVA - A Swiss F/A-18 two-seater fighter jet crashed in poor weather in central Switzerland and the pilot and a passenger were missing, the military said Wednesday. The Swiss Federal Department of Defense confirmed the fighter jet went down around noon near a military airport in Alpnachstad in the Lake Lucerne region. Swiss Air Force Command... more