U.S. Air Force C-130H Overruns Runway And Smacks Into Wall At Camp Taji, Iraq

🇺🇸 USAF C130 Hercules crash in Iraq - per @OIRSpox 'A USAF C-130 landing at Camp Taji Airbase, Iraq overshot the runway and crashed into a wall resulting in structural damage and a small fire.'

Non-life threatening injuries sustained. Enemy activity not suspected. pic.twitter.com/gPAvAckOkG

— CivMilAir ✈ (@CivMilAir) June 8, 2020

Air Force Times: Four injured as C-130H overruns runway at Iraq base

Four service members were injured Monday when a C-130H Hercules overran the runway while landing at Camp Taji, Iraq, and crashed into a wall, sparking a fire.

The service members’ injuries were not life-threatening, and they are being treated at the base’s medical facility, according to a release by Combined Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve.

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WNU Editor: Airports are not safe in Iraq .... Rocket hits Baghdad airport in another attack on US forces (Al Jazeera).

More News On Last Night's U.S. Air Force C-130H Crash In Iraq

Air Force C-130H Smacks Into Wall, Bursts Into Flames After Overshooting Runway In Iraq -- Warzone/The Drive
4 Injured When C-130 Overruns Runway in Iraq -- Air Force Magazine
US Air Force C-130 crash lands in Iraq -- American Military News
Video: US-Led Coalition Plane Overshoots Landing, Crashes Into Barrier at Iraq's Taji Airbase -- Sputnik

F-15C Protecting President Trump At Camp David Makes An Emergency Landing At Andrews Air Force Base

A U.S. Air Force F-15C Eagle taxis on the flight line during exercise Northern Edge 17, May 3, 2017. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Westin Warburton)

Warzone/The Drive: Armed F-15C Eagle Skidded Off Runway During Emergency Landing At Andrews Air Force Base

The incident occurred after the jet suffered an "in-flight malfunction."

Pictures emerged on social media of an accident over the weekend at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland involving an F-15C Eagle from the Oregon Air National Guard's 142nd Fighter Wing. The fighter skidded off the runway and lost its radome after making an emergency landing. The pilot did not suffer any injuries, thankfully.

Joint Base Andrews Public Affairs Office confirmed the mishap to The War Zone and said that it had taken place on May 2 at around 1:30 PM local time. There were no major impacts on the base's operations as a result.

The pictures showed that, in addition to the nose radome getting sheared away, the F-15C's landing gear collapsed and the drop tank under the aircraft's right wing got crushed. The jet's radar antenna, likely an active electronically-scanned array for the AN/APG-63(V)3, was also missing.

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More News On A F-15C Protecting President Trump At Camp David Making An Emergency Landing At Andrews Air Force Base

F-15′s landing gear malfunctions, makes emergency landing on fuselage at Joint Base Andrews -- Air Force Times
F-15C Skids to a Stop During Emergency Landing at Andrews -- Military.com
F-15 protecting Trump at Camp David made emergency landing on fuselage, officials say -- FOX News
Armed F-15 fighter jet diverted from Trump protection mission after in-flight emergency -- CNN

Russia Releases Footage of Fatal Plane Crash In 2019

Moscow Times: Russia Releases Footage of Fatal 2019 Plane Crash

New footage has been released of the tragic 2019 Aeroflot plane crash at Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport.

The plane, carrying 73 passengers and five crew members, made an emergency landing after being hit by lightning shortly after takeoff.

The plane burst into flames on the runway after a crash landing, killing 41 people and injuring nine others.

Russia's investigation into the incident which was concluded this week found numerous safety violations and ruled out technical malfunctions as the cause of the crash.

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Update: Terrifying crash landing & evacuation shown in dramatic video as Russian probe finds pilot error in 2019 Moscow Superjet tragedy (RT)

WNU Editor: I know this post is not related to wars/conflicts/the military/national and international politics/economics/etc., but that is one incredible video. I notice that some of the passengers are carrying their luggage. Their actions probably delayed people from escaping that inferno. Speaking of incredible videos, the video below is the crash of a Russian Supersonic Strike Bomber Tu-22M3 in the Murmansk region on January 22, 2019.

This Fighter Jet Passenger Was Flung Out At 2500ft After Grabbing The Ejector Seat Handle To 'Steady Himself'

Then he shot out at high speed, losing his helmet that had not been fastened round his chin properly, before landing in a field close to the German border. The plane is marked here 'Avion' in the subsequent incident report

Daily Mail: Pensioner, 64, who was given a surprise flight in a fighter jet as a retirement present was flung out at 2500ft after grabbing the ejector seat handle to 'steady himself'

* He panicked during the flight near Saint-Dizier airforce base in northern France
* The man landed using his parachute and ended up in a field with minor injuries
* The French Airforce and the Defence Ministry are called to review procedures

A pensioner who was given a surprise flight in a £70million fighter jet as a retirement present was flung out at 2500ft after grabbing the ejector seat handle to 'steady himself'.

The astonishing drama is outlined in a newly released report by French aviation investigators who have stern words for their country's Airforce and government throughout.

At times, it reads like a dark comedy film script, as it describes how the unidentified 64-year-old panicked and screamed with fear during his first flight in the Rafale-B which took off from Saint-Dizier airforce base, in north-west France last March.

Then he shot out at high speed, losing his helmet that had not been fastened round his chin properly, before landing in a field close to the German border.

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Update: Pensioner flung from fighter jet at 2,500ft after grabbing ejector seat handle to ‘steady himself’ (The Telegraph)

WNU Editor: Ooopppssss!

WWII B-17 'Flying Fortress' Bomber Has Crashed At Bradley Airport, Connecticut

Daily Mail: 'We need to land immediately': Pilot on WWII B-17 'Flying Fortress' bomber asked to land FIVE minutes after taking off before it crashed in a ball of fire, killing at least five people and injuring nine others at Bradley Airport during vintage air show

* The bomber plane crashed at Bradley International Airport in Connecticut on Wednesday morning killing at least five people, and injuring nine
* There were 13 people on the plane - 10 passengers, two pilots and one attendant
* Another person on the ground was injured when the plane tried to land
* The pilots on board the plane reported problems with the plane just five minutes after take-off and requested to land
* The B-17 was performing what are called 'heritage flights,' in which people fly in a historical airplane, according to workers at the airport
* The plane, dubbed 'Nine-O-Nine' was built in 1945, and was used for nuclear testing before being rebuilt as a 'fire bomber' to douse forest fires
* It survived a 1987 crash, and after being rebuilt again, was used in vintage air shows where it completed 1200 'tour duties'

At least five people have died after a World War II-era bomber plane crashed and burst into flames shortly after take-off at Connecticut's Bradley International Airport.

The B-17G Flying Fortress plane, dubbed 'Nine-o-Nine', went down on Wednesday morning just outside Hartford when it was trying to land on the runway.

State Police Commissioner confirmed there were fatalities. He added: 'Victims are very difficult to identify, we don't want to make a mistake.'

Sources told the Hartford Courant that at least five people were dead.

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More News On A WWII B-17 'Flying Fortress' Bomber Crashing At Bradley Airport, Connecticut

WWII-era plane crashes in Connecticut: Live Updates -- CNN
Multiple dead after WWII B-17 plane crashes, erupts into flames at Bradley Airport -- NBC
World War II-era plane crashes at Bradley International Airport in Connecticut, at least 5 reported dead -- FOX News
At least 5 killed after World War II-era bomber crashes at Connecticut airport -- WDSU

Russian Pilot Hailed As A Hero After 'Miracle' Landing Of Passenger Jet In A Cornfield Following Bird Strike

Daily Mail: Miracle of the cornfield! Hero pilot safely belly-lands a flaming Russian jet carrying 233 people on farmland after a flock of birds got sucked into both engines during take-off

* Ural Airlines A321 plane was taking off from Moscow's Zhukovsky airport Thursday when it hit a flock of birds
* One of the engines caught fire while the other one spluttered and then stopped working, Russian media says
* Hero pilot Damir Yusupov brought the plane down in a cornfield, leaving 23 people with just minor wounds
* Russian media compared crash to Miracle on the Hudson, when jet successfully crash-landed in New York

A Russian pilot has been hailed as a hero after he successfully crash-landed a passenger plane in a cornfield after birds were sucked into both engines, causing them to fail.

The Ural Airlines A321 plane was taking off from Moscow's Zhukovsky airport on Thursday morning bound for Crimea when the birds flew across the runway, causing one engine to burst into flames and the other to stop.

Pilot Damir Yusupov, 41, radioed the airport asking to make an emergency landing but was forced to ditch into a cornfield a mile away after realising he was not going to make it.

Yusupov brought the plane down with no power in either engine and with the landing gear retracted.

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WNU Editor: I have flown out of Moscow’s Zhukovsky Airport more times that I can remember, and seagulls have always been a problem. As for this incident, the pilot is a hero.

More News On Today's Miracle Landing Of A Passenger Jet In A Cornfield Following Bird Strike

Plane crash landing in Moscow region leaves 55 injured -- TASS
Russian airliner with 233 onboard suffers birdstrike, makes BELLY LANDING near Moscow (VIDEO) -- RT
Crimea-Bound Airbus A321 Makes Hard Emergency Landing at Moscow Region Airport, Passengers Evacuated -- Sputnik
Captain hailed hero after bird strike disables Russian plane -- AP
Kremlin lauds 'hero' pilots after emergency landing near Moscow -- Reuters
Russian Plane Hits Birds, Makes Emergency Landing -- VOA/RFE
Russian pilot hailed after 'miracle' landing of passenger jet following bird strike -- FOX News
Hero pilot carrying 226 tourists lands in cornfield after plane collided with flock of birds -- Yahoo News
Video shows MOMENT when birds hit Ural Airlines jet on take-off -- RT
Watch Seagulls Strike A321 Plane Carrying 234 People Seconds Before Hard Landing -- Sputnik
Kremlin praises heroic pilots for safely landing plane after bird strike -- TASS
What we know about the crew of the belly-landed A321 near Moscow -- TASS

41 Killed In Moscow Air Crash

Daily Mail: Horrific plane fireball kills 41 including at least two children as Russian Sukhoi Superjet with 78 on board crash lands and explodes in Moscow

* Passengers were seen fleeing from the Sukhoi Superjet at Sheremetyevo airport in Moscow, Russia, Sunday
* The plane made an emergency landing after a fire on board soon after takeoff to the Arctic city of Murmansk
* Flames were seen from the rear of the Russian national carrier Aeroflot aircraft with a reported 78 on board
* Two children among those confirmed dead following the inferno, the Russian Investigative Committee said
* An airport official said ‘many passengers delayed emergency evacuation as they picked up hand luggage'

Forty-one people are believed to have died after a Russian passenger plane made an emergency landing at Moscow's busiest airport and caught fire, investigators said on Sunday.

'There were 78 people including crew members on board the plane,' the Investigative Committee said in a statement.

'According to the updated info which the investigation has as of now, 37 people survived.'

Two children are among those confirmed dead following the inferno on the Sukhoi Superjet at Sheremetyevo airport on Sunday, the Russian Investigative Committee said.

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WNU Editor: Russia has a lousy history when it comes to airline safety. I am not surprised by this air crash.

More News On Today's Moscow Air Crash

41 people died in plane fire at Sheremetyevo -- TASS
Only ‘37 out of 78 survived’ Superjet-100 crash-landing & fire – investigators -- RT
Superjet-100 plane BOUNCED, hit ground, BURST its engines during landing – leaked CCTV footage -- RT
At least 40 dead in Russian plane’s fiery emergency landing -- AP
Forty-one reported killed after Russian passenger plane crash-lands in Moscow -- Reuters
Moscow airport plane fire: more than 40 die in Aeroflot emergency landing -- The Guardian
Moscow plane fire: 41 killed on Aeroflot jet -- BBC
Sukhoi passenger jet catches fire, makes crash landing in Moscow -- DW
At least 40 dead after Aeroflot plane's emergency landing, fire at Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport -- FOX News
Russian passenger plane lands in flames at Moscow airport, 41 confirmed dead -- ABC News Online
Dozens killed after Russian plane catches fire while landing -- Al Jazeera

Pilot Killed When 2 Jets From India’s Air Force Aerobatics Team Collided Mid-Air

Jets from India’s Air Force aerobatics team collide mid-air

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— RT (@RT_com) February 20, 2019

RT: 2 jets from India’s Air Force aerobatics team collide mid-air (VIDEO)

One pilot died after two aircraft from the Indian Air Force (INF) aerobatics team, known as Surya Kiran (Rays of the Sun), crashed while rehearsing for Aero India Show 2019.

There were three pilots in total on both jets – one died while the two others ejected safely, local media reported, citing officials.

Footage from the scene shows the planes falling from the sky, with one plane spinning as it descends. In another video, both surviving pilots were seen parachuting out of their aircraft.

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WNU Editor:  These planes are sometimes only a few feet away from each other when conducting their manoeuvres. It only takes one little mistake for a catastrophe to occur.

Russian Supersonic Strike Bomber Tu-22M3 Crash-Lands In The Murmansk Region

A Tu-22 supersonic strategic bomber © Wikipedia

Sputnik: Russian Tu-22M3 Bomber Crashes During Landing in Murmansk Region - Russian MoD

Two crew members of a Tu-22M3 have died and two more were injured during a hard landing in Russia's Murmansk region, the Russian Defence Ministry said in a statement.

"On 22 January, the Tu-22M3, after completing a scheduled training flight in the Murmansk region, made a hard landing when it encountered heavy snow… According to a report, two pilots were taken to a medical facility, where they’re receiving the necessary assistance. Two crew members were killed", the ministry said in a statement.

The doctors estimate the surviving pilots to be in grave condition, according to a source.

The Tu-22M3 is a supersonic, variable-sweep wing, long-range strategic and maritime strike bomber developed by the Tupolev Design Bureau and designed to destroy naval and ground targets at a distance of up to 2,200 km from home-based airfields with guided missiles and bombs.

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More News On Today's Russian Supersonic Strike Bomber Tu-22M3 Crash

Supersonic strike bomber Tu-22M3 crash-lands in Russia’s northwest -- RT
Supersonic maritime strike bomber crashlands in Murmansk Region, says source -- TASS
Supersonic bomber crashes in Russia's northwest -- CNN
Russian heavy bomber crash-lands in Arctic, killing 3 -- AP
Russian Tu-22M3 long-range bomber crashes in Murmansk region -- Defense Blog
A Russian supersonic heavy bomber crashed in the Arctic, killing most of the crew -- Business Insider

Iranian Military Transport Plane Has Crashed Outside Of Tehran. 16 Killed. 1 Survivor

Tehran Times: Boeing 707 cargo plane crashes near Tehran, claims 16 lives

According to Emergency Medical Services Organization direcotr Pir Hossein Kulivand, the flight engineer was still alive and transferred to hospital.

The plane took off from Bishkek Manas International Airport in Kyrgyzstan and planned to land at Payam international airport, however, it was forced to make an emergency landing and crashed into a residential complex about 8.30 a.m. local time.

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More News On An Iranian Military Transport Plane Crashing Outside Of Tehran

Iranian cargo plane tries to land at wrong airport; 15 dead -- NBC/AP
Military cargo plane crashes in Iran, 15 killed -- Reuters
A military cargo plane full of meat crashed in Iran, killing everyone but a flight engineer on board, army says -- Business Insider
1 survivor, 16 dead in cargo plane crash in Iran -- FOX News
Cargo plane crashes in Iran, killing 15: army -- AFP

French Air Force Mirage 2000 Fighter Crashes In Eastern France. Search Underway For Two Pilots

FILE PHOTO. A Dassault Mirage 2000D of the French Air Force. ©AFP / Jack Guez

Gulf News/AFP: French Air Force fighter jet missing in mountains

Snow and low visibility were hampering the search, officials said

STRASBOURG, France: Update: Search and rescue teams Wednesday found the wreckage of a French Air Force Mirage 2000 fighter which crashed in a mountainous region of eastern France, but the fate of its two-man crew was unknown.

Radar contact with the fighter, on a low-altitude training flight, was lost late Wednesday morning as it flew over the Jura region, near the Swiss border, officials said.

Search and rescue teams were immediately dispatched to the area, the Air Force said in a statement.

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More News On Today's French Air Force Mirage 2000 Fighter Crash In Eastern France

Search launched after French mirage fighter jet disappears -- AP
Search for crew after Mirage fighter jet crashes in eastern France -- BBC
French fighter jet disappears near Swiss border -- Swiss Info
Mirage 2000D latest: French fighter jet disappears from radar without a trace near Swiss border -- Evening Standard
French Mirage 2000D Missing in Alps, Presumed Crashed: Search Underway. -- Aviationist
French Air Force's Mirage 2000D Bomber Crashes in Eastern France – Reports -- Sputnik

U.S. Marine Corps Plane Collision Kills One U.S. Marine, One Injured, Five Missing Off The Coast Of Japan

FOX News: Crew member in US Marine Corps plane collision dies after rescue; 5 remain missing

A crew member rescued Thursday in the waters near Japan where two Marine Corps aircraft collided during a training exercise has died, U.S. officials told Fox News.

The announcement of the death comes amid a frantic search for five other crew members who remain missing. Another Marine who was rescued is listed in fair condition.

The Marines said an F/A-18 fighter jet and a KC-130 refueling aircraft collided and crashed during training around 2 a.m. Thursday. The planes took off from their base in Iwakuni, near Hiroshima, and the crash occurred about 200 miles off the Japan coast.

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More News On Yesterday's U.S. Marine Corps Plane Collision

Crash kills U.S. Marine; teams search for five in sea near Japan -- Reuters
U.S. Marine dies, 5 missing after mid-air collision off Japan -- CBS/AP
Search continues for crew members aboard 2 Marine Corps aircraft off coast of Japan, 1 rescued, 1 killed -- ABC News
Five Marines missing, two rescued after crash into sea -- The Hill
Five missing after two US military planes crash off Japan -- AFP
U.S. military planes collide off Japanese coast; 2 of 7 rescued -- UPI
Rescue mission in Japan after two US Marine aircraft collide -- BBC
Search and rescue underway after US Marines jet fighter collides with refuelling tanker off Japanese coast -- ABC News Online
US Marines Launch Search and Rescue Effort After Two Planes Crash Near Japan -- Sputnik
Five Marines missing after US warplanes collide off Japan -- Al Jazeera

Watch This Massive C-5M Super Galaxy Land Without Its Nose Gear

Popular Mechanics: Watch a Massive C-5M Super Galaxy Land Without Its Nose Gear

An extremely skillful landing.

A C-5M Super Galaxy landed without its nose gear at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland a few months ago, the first incident of its kind in years. Now, there's footage of the incident.

The C-5 was on a routine training mission over the Alamo City when it came in for a landing on March 15 with a crew of 11 on board.

The flight was a training mission that involved pilots, flight engineers and loadmasters. The crew discovered the nose landing gear wasn’t lowering while preparing to land at Lackland. That prompted them to declare an in-flight emergency.

No one was injured, but the failure of the plane’s nose gear came after an Air Force order to ground all C-5 cargo planes so a faulty ball screw assembly could be replaced in all 56 of them. The grounding, ordered Aug. 2, 2017, came after two C-5M cargo planes based at Dover AFB in Delaware had problems with their nose gear.

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WNU Editor: Yup .... extremely skillful landing.

Meet Tammie Jo Shults, The Heroic Ex-Fighter Pilot Who Safely Landed A Stricken Southwest Airlines Plane

Photo: Tammie Jo Shults during her time with the Navy in 1993. (Supplied: Military Fly Moms)

ABC News Online: Southwest Airlines: Meet Tammie Jo Shults, the heroic ex-fighter pilot who safely landed stricken plane

The pilot who safely landed a stricken Southwest Airlines flight was one of the first female fighter pilots in the US Navy, and was accustomed to touching down F-18 fighter jets at 150 miles per hour on aircraft carriers.

Tammie Jo Shults, 56, may have drawn on her Navy skills when one of the two engines on her Boeing 737-700 blew and broke apart at 32,000 feet on Tuesday (local time), forcing her to implement a rapid descent towards Philadelphia International Airport.

A woman died and seven others suffered minor injuries in the incident, which happened shortly after the Southwest Airlines jet departed New York bound for Dallas. Passengers were praised for clinging to a woman who was partially sucked out of a window broken by shrapnel from the exploded engine.

But Ms Shults might never have become a pilot if she had not been so determined to fly from a young age.

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Update #1: Southwest emergency landing pilot Tammie Jo Shults is a pioneer with 'nerves of steel' (USA Today)
Update #2: Who is pilot Tammie Jo Shults, who landed the crippled Southwest plane in Philly? (The Herald)

WNU Editor: Her training kicked in. The passengers and crew were/are lucky to have someone like her behind the controls.

Military Times Has Compiled A Database Of U.S. Military Aviation Mishaps-Accidents From 2010 - 2017

Through multiple Freedom of Information requests, Military Times obtained data for every Class A through Class C aviation mishap that has occurred since fiscal year 2011. More than 7,500 records were obtained. An analysis of the data shows manned warplane accidents have spiked nearly 40 percent since 2013, the year the mandated budget cuts known as sequestration took effect. The records can be searched by aircraft type, base, fiscal year and location.

Military Times: Through multiple Freedom of Information requests, Military Times obtained data for every Class A through Class C aviation mishap that has occurred since fiscal year 2011. More than 7,500 records were obtained. An analysis of the data shows manned warplane accidents have spiked nearly 40 percent since 2013, the year the mandated budget cuts known as sequestration took effect. The records can be searched by aircraft type, base, fiscal year and location.

WNU Editor: There are a lot of accidents and mishaps in this database (over 7,500 to be exact). The link to the database is here .... Military Times Crash Database.

U.S. Navy Investigating How An U.S. Navy EA-18G Growler Flight Went Spectacularly Wrong

An US Navy EA-18G Growler. USN

The Warzone/The Drive: Freezing Navy EA-18G Crew In Ice Filled Cockpit Navigated Home Using Their Smart Watches

The plane made it back to base, but the potentially deadly mishap is the latest spectacular failure for the Growler's environmental control system.

A U.S. Navy EA-18G Growler recently made it back to base after suffering a terrifying mid-air mishap, which left its two-person crew flying blind and frostbitten after the aircraft’s environment control system failed in part thanks to a pair of high-tech wrist watches. The incident occurred just over a year after the canopy on another one of the electronic warfare planes exploded in a bizarre over-pressurization incident and as the service continues to struggle to find exactly what’s causing persistent reports of “hypoxia-like” symptoms across the F/A-18 Hornet, F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, and Growler fleets.

Defense News was first to report this new incident, which occurred approximately 60 miles south of Seattle, Washington. The EA-18G, assigned to Air Test and Evaluation Squadron Nine (VX-9), was flying at approximately 25,000 feet on a mission from Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, between Seattle and Vancouver BC, when the cockpit temperature plummeted to -30 degrees Fahrenheit.

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Update: Flying blind and freezing: Navy investigating terrifying EA-18G Growler flight (Defense News)

WNU Editor: The crew was lucky to survive.

U.S. Troops Killed In Plane Crashes Has Skyrocketed This Year

FOX News: US troops killed in plane crashes skyrockets in 2017

Even before the Navy cargo plane crash Wednesday, the number of U.S. troops killed in plane crashes had skyrocketed this year along with the total number of crashes overall compared to this point a year ago, a Fox News investigation has uncovered.

So far this year, there have been 22 U.S. military non-combat plane crashes flying routine operations. That’s up 38 percent from this time last year.

The number of American troops killed in these plane crashes has more than doubled. Following the announcement by the 7th Fleet Thursday night that it has ended its search for three missing American sailors hundreds of miles off the coast of Japan, the number of U.S. service members lost to plane crashes in 2017 stands at 37. That is more than 130 percent higher than the number killed in non-combat plane crashes at this point in 2016.

Many on Capitol Hill say years of budget cuts are taking a toll.

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WNU Editor: The issue of old U.S. military equipment and readiness concerns has been an ongoing concern for the past few years. But being concerned about a problem  .... and actually doing something to address it .... is the main problem right here.

In Just One Month Three Eurofighters Have Been Involved In Deadly Crashes

RSAF EF2000. Gordon Zammit/wikicommons

Warzone/The Drive: Three Eurofighters Involved In Deadly Crashes In Just One Month (Updated)

The crashes come as the future of the EF2000 production line is in question.

A spate of deadly crashes has struck the international Eurofighter community. Three mishaps in the span of just one month have led to the loss of aircraft and pilots, and although the incidents seem unrelated at first glance, clearly investigators will be looking into systemic training or procedural issues that could have been factors in the crashes.

Today's loss occurred following the aircraft's participation in a flyover for to celebrate Spain's National Day. The aircraft came down in a farmer's field near Los Llanos Air Base, which is located in southeastern Spain, near the town of Albacete. The base is a major hub of Spanish tactical jet flying and houses a squadron of Eurofighters as well as being home to NATO's renowned Tactical Leadership Program. According to reports, it doesn't seem as if the pilot tried to eject.

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WNU Editor: Three deadly accidents in just one month .... something is wrong.

U.S. Air Force Will Not Reveal The Type Of Aircraft That Was Involved In A Fatal Crash In The Nevada Desert

Popular Mechanics: Did the Military Crash a Mystery Plane in the Nevada Desert?

The Air Force isn't revealing any details about a "classified" aircraft involved in fatal crash.

The U.S. Air Force has refused to reveal the aircraft involved in a crash last week that claimed the life of the pilot. The incident, which took place at a training facility in Nevada, has sparked speculation that some kind of previously unknown aircraft was involved.

The incident took place on Tuesday, September 5. Unusually, the Air Force waited about three days to make the crash public. Consider two other crashes the service reported last week, one involving two A-10 Thunderbolt fighters and the other an Iraqi Air Force officer flying an F-16. In both cases the incident was reported the next day.

The more cryptic accident took place on the Nevada Test and Training Range, about 100 miles northwest of Nellis Air Force Base. The NTTR bills itself as the "the largest contiguous air and ground space available for peacetime military operations in the free world", with 2.9 million acres of land and 12,000 square miles of airspace to test equipment and train U.S. military forces.

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WNU Editor: Speculation on the classified plane that crashed is now starting .... Here are some theories about which classified plane crashed near Nellis Air Force base (Business Insider).

US Military Plane Crashes On The Rise

FOX News: US military plane crashes on the rise as aging fleet continues breaking down

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Coast Guard continues to search for Army soldiers who went missing after their Army Black Hawk helicopter crashed in the waters off Hawaii Tuesday night.

It was the latest in a series of high-profile accidents involving military aircrafts – raising questions about their safety. Experts say the recent crashes underscore the pressing need to update the military’s aging aircraft fleet, which is increasingly putting members of the military at risk.

Rep. Mac Thornberry, R-Texas, said he’s concerned about U.S. military’s readiness to fight.

“We've got a lot of ground to make up for the good of the nation and for the good of the men and women who are risking their lives by flying,” he told Fox News recently.

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WNU Editor: Here are some sobering statistics ....

.... A Fox News analysis found in the past year there have been 14 non-combat aviation crashes involving U.S. military aircrafts, a 40 percent spike from this point a year ago. There have been at least 112 Americans killed in military aviation crashes since January 2012.