As the C-5 crew turned back toward Dover AFB in response to their engine malfunction, they could little realize they were about to fly to controversy, aviation lore, and disaster. …
FRED pilot tells the story behind the infamous Dover C-5 crash Read MoreWhen Japan Airlines flight 516 touched down at Tokyo’s Haneda airport carrying hundreds of people on Tuesday it erupted into a The Airbus A350 passenger plane had collided with a coast guard aircraft …
Miracle at Haneda: Passengers describe terror and relief after fiery Japan Airlines collision Read MoreAn Air Force investigation of a fatal fighter jet crash in 2020 quietly discovered that key components of the pilot’s ejection seat may have been counterfeit, Air Force Times has …
An F-16 pilot died when his ejection seat failed. Was it counterfeit? Read MoreRussia launched a wave of missile and drone attacks against Ukrainian cities late on Aug. 17, mere hours before President Volodymyr Zelensky is scheduled to meet for peace talks with …
Russian strike on Kharkiv kills 7, including toddler, injures 18 as Zelensky arrives to Washington to meet with Trump Read MoreThree Ukrainian military pilots, including one nicknamed “Juice” who campaigned in the US for the supply of F-16s, were killed on Friday when two combat training aircraft collided in an …
Well-known Ukrainian pilot ‘Juice’ among 3 dead in plane crash Read MoreMECKLENBURG, GERMANY – JUNE 11: Volodymyr Zelensky, President of Ukraine, (2L) and Boris Pistorius, (3L) Federal Minister of Defense are seen visiting the training of Ukrainian soldiers on the Patriot …
Russia-Ukraine after three years of large-scale war Read MoreTwo Naval aviators who were killed when their aircraft crashed near Mount Rainier in Washington State last week had just returned from a Middle East deployment where they took part in strikes …
Two Navy pilots killed in jet crash had recently returned from Middle East deployment Read MoreNineteen people died when a passenger plane crashed into Lake Victoria in Tanzania on Sunday while trying to land at a nearby airport, the prime minister and airline said. The …
19 dead as passenger plane crashes into Lake Victoria Read Moreguided bomb. It’s designed to penetrate tough, buried targets and is the most powerful non-nuclear bunker-busting bomb in the US arsenal. Currently, it can only be launched from B-2 and …
Military Knowledge: GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrator Read MoreYou Need to Know Chuck Yeager, first pilot to break sound barrier, dies aged 97 Chuck Yeager, a World War Il fighter ace who was the first person to travel …
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