Indian Navy deploys warhsips, divers to find missing pilot
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DefenceTalkDefenceTalkIndia’s navy has intensified a search for any sign of an air force pilot whose jet crashed into the Arabian Sea during a training exercise last week, authorities said Monday. The Russian-made MiG-29K aircraft hit the water off the coast of western Goa state on Thursday, with one of the two officers on board rescued. […]https://www.defencetalk.com/indian-navy-deploys-warhsips-divers-to-find-missing-pilot-76578/
US F-16 Crashes In South Carolina, Killing Pilot
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DefenceTalkDefenceTalkA US Air Force F-16 fighter aircraft crashed during a training mission in South Carolina, killing the pilot, the Pentagon said Wednesday. The plane went down about 11:30 pm Tuesday (0330 GMT Wednesday) at Shaw Air Force Base, about 100 miles (160 kilometers) north of Charleston, the base said in a statement. It said the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-f-16-crashes-in-south-carolina-killing-pilot-75818/
UK searches for US F-15 Fighter Jet pilot missing in North Sea
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DefenceTalkDefenceTalkThe UK Coastguard launched a search and rescue operation Monday to find the pilot of a US fighter jet that crashed during a training mission in the North Sea. The US Air Force said the F-15C Eagle went down after taking off from the RAF Lakenheath base near the town of Mildenhall in eastern England. […]https://www.defencetalk.com/uk-searches-for-us-f-15-fighter-jet-pilot-missing-in-north-sea-75744/
US Fighter Jet Crashes In Florida, Second Accident In A Week
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DefenceTalkA US fighter jet has crashed during a test flight in Florida, the air force said Wednesday, the second military air accident in a week in the state. No one was hurt in the incident involving an F-35A Stealth jet as it tried to land Tuesday night, Eglin Air Force Base said in a statement. […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-fighter-jet-crashes-in-florida-second-accident-in-a-week-75615/
Member of Canada air force aerobatics team dies in plane crash
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DefenceTalkA member of an elite Canadian air force aerobatics team died and another was injured when their plane crashed Sunday in Canada’s west during a performance to honor public efforts against the coronavirus, the military said. According to local media, the aircraft — part of the team known as the Snowbirds — crashed into the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/member-of-canada-air-force-aerobatics-team-dies-in-plane-crash-75552/
Fighter jet crashes in Pakistan capital during parade rehearsal
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DefenceTalkISLAMABAD: A Pakistani F-16 fighter jet crashed in Islamabad on Wednesday (Mar 11) in an apparent accident during a rehearsal for an upcoming military parade in the capital, officials said. There was no immediate word on the fate of the pilot or co-pilot, or details on the area the plane crashed. Footage on social media […]https://www.defencetalk.com/fighter-jet-crashes-in-pakistan-capital-during-parade-rehearsal-74779/
US Air Force E-11A plane crashed in Afghanistan
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A US Air Force E-11A plane crashed in Taliban-held territory in south-west Afghanistan. The initial reports indicated it was an Afghan Ariana passenger plane that crashed in Ghazni province with 83 people on board, but late the state-owned Afghan Ariana rejected the report and said in a statement that all their flights have been conducted […]
Egypt fighter jet crashes during exercise, pilot killed
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An Egyptian fighter jet crashed during exercises on Tuesday, killing its pilot, the armed forces said. “During an armed forces exercise on January 14, 2020, a fighter plane crashed in one of the training areas, leading to the death of its pilot,” the military said in a statement on Facebook. It said it was investigating […]
Chile military plane disappears with 38 aboard: Air Force
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A Chilean military plane with 38 people aboard “lost radio communication” Monday after taking off from the south of the country for a base in Antarctica, Chile’s Air Force said. It said 17 of those aboard were crew and the other 21 were passengers. A “dismayed” President Sebastian Pinera, whose country has been witnessing its […]
US F-16 fighter jet crashes in Germany with pilot taken to hospital
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An American F-16 fighter jet crashed Tuesday near the city of Trier in western Germany, the German air force told AFP, with the pilot surviving after using the ejector seat. After multiple emergency calls around 3:15 pm local time, emergency services reached the scene near the village of Zemmer, police said in a statement. The […]