Romanian Rescue Helicopter Crashes During Search For Missing MiG-21 Fighter Jet (Updated)
The Romanian IAR-330 helicopter crashed after bad weather forced it to stop looking for the lost MiG-21.
The Romanian IAR-330 helicopter crashed after bad weather forced it to stop looking for the lost MiG-21.
The F1 was owned by ATAC, which provides adversary support services to pilots training to fly F-35s and F-16s at Luke AFB.
The lost F-35C would be an intelligence prize for any foreign power, such as Russia or China.
The Navy says the F-35C, operating from the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson, was involved in a “landing mishap.”
Air Force T-38 pilots have been banned from landing in formation since an earlier deadly mishap, but can still conduct approaches together.
USS Connecticut’s nuclear reactor was unaffected by the undersea accident, but the Navy won’t say what exactly the submarine hit.
An Air Force Tweet playing on the F-35’s nickname, Lightning II, comes days after lightning caused millions of dollars of damage to two Marine F-35Bs.
The crew of the Transair Cargo Boeing 737 freighter was forced to ditch off the coast of Hawaii shortly after taking off.
The aircraft was owned by Draken International, which flies an array of tactical jets out of Nellis AFB to provide adversary services.
Thankfully no one was injured, but the incident damaged the aircraft.