The pilot, maintainers, and an air traffic controller at Kingsley Field, Ore., all made mistakes that contributed to an F-15 careening off the runway and into an irrigation canal in May 2023, destroying the $35 million fighter.
A KC-135 Stratotanker’s front landing gear retracted while it was parked on the flightline of McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., on May 29, prompting the aircraft’s forward fuselage to touch the ground. Two maintainers were onboard and three other crew members were nearby the aircraft ...
An electrical power disruption wreaked havoc on an F-16's flight and navigation instruments, and poor weather meant the pilot had no other way of gaining his bearings, resulting in a fiery crash in South Korea last year that destroyed the $29 million aircraft, according to ...
A U.S. Air Force MQ-9 suffered an engine failure flying over Africa in May 2023, forcing the drone’s pilot to down it in the ocean where it was not recovered, according to a new Air Force report. The cost of the mishap was more than ...
The contractor behind a program to use drones to capture data from hypersonic tests crashed an MQ-9 on loan from the Air Force last year, causing $16 million in damages, according to a new accident investigation report. The crash took place Jan. 18, 2023, at Southern ...
A B-52H bomber at Minot Air Force Base, N.D. executed an emergency landing due to an engine fire early Feb. 23. All crew members are reported unharmed, and the bomber operation at the base continues as usual as of Feb. 27, a base spokesperson told ...
B-1B Lancer flight operations from Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., are still paused following a Jan. 4 crash of the bomber at the base, and the runway remains closed, the Air Force said. The scene has not been cleared and the runway is expected to ...
The Air Force is investigating a ground emergency involving an F-16 fighter jet that took place at Misawa Air Base, Japan on Aug. 17. No one was injured in the mishap.
An Oregon Air National Guard F-15 slid off the runway and into an irrigation canal at Kingsley Field, Ore., on May 15, but the pilot was able to walk away from the mishap with only minor injuries and has already been released from the hospital, ...
Air Mobility Command is investigating a potential Class A mishap involving a KC-46 Pegasus tanker that left the plane’s boom and fuselage damaged in October. The incident was first reported after images circulated on social media showing the refueler with a cracked boom and a ...
An Air Force F-22 and an Air National Guard F-16 crashed in separate incidents a day apart, March 22 and 23, respectively, service spokespeople said. The F-22 crashed at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., while the F-16 crashed in western Louisiana. The F-16 pilot ejected. ...
Maintenance errors and oversights caused $2.69 million in damage to an F-22 Raptor in October 2020 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., investigators found. An Air Force Accident Investigation Board report released July 9 cited cultural issues within the 757th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron and distractions ...