List of accidents and incidents involving military aircraft (1975–1979): Difference between revisions
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*23 January - Mid-air collision between two [[Blue Angels]] [[F/A-18]] aircraft during a practice session at El Centro. One airplane, Angel Number 2, BuNo ''161524'', piloted by Capt. Chase Moseley (ejected) was destroyed and the other, Angel Number 1, badly damaged but managed to land safely. Both pilots survived unharmed.<ref>[http://moneymaker.rootsweb.com/newspapers/clip08.htm "Pilot Blamed In Blue Angel Crash", ''Pensacola News Journal'', June 13, 1990, archived at ''The Moneymaker Family Tree'', accessed April 23, 2007]</ref> |
*23 January - Mid-air collision between two [[Blue Angels]] [[F/A-18]] aircraft during a practice session at El Centro. One airplane, Angel Number 2, BuNo ''161524'', piloted by Capt. Chase Moseley (ejected) was destroyed and the other, Angel Number 1, badly damaged but managed to land safely. Both pilots survived unharmed.<ref>[http://moneymaker.rootsweb.com/newspapers/clip08.htm "Pilot Blamed In Blue Angel Crash", ''Pensacola News Journal'', June 13, 1990, archived at ''The Moneymaker Family Tree'', accessed April 23, 2007]</ref> |
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*12 February - A [[USMC]] pilot died and a reconnaissance observer was hurt when they ejected almost simultaneously from separate aircraft during training missions at the [[Air-Ground Combat Center]], [[Twentynine Palms, California]]. Capt. Thomas Kolb, 28, of [[San Diego, California]], was killed after ejecting from his [[AV-8B Harrier II]], based at [[MCAS Cherry Point]], North Carolina, which crashed in a remote area. Aerial observer Capt. Jeffrey P. Schade, of [[Southhold, New York]], ejected from [[OV-10 Bronco]], suffering minor injuries. The Bronco landed safely.<ref>Washington, D.C.: Washington Times, ''Marine dead after ejecting from plane'', Wednesday, February 14, 1990, page A-2.</ref> |
*12 February - A [[USMC]] pilot died and a reconnaissance observer was hurt when they ejected almost simultaneously from separate aircraft during training missions at the [[Air-Ground Combat Center]], [[Twentynine Palms, California]]. Capt. Thomas Kolb, 28, of [[San Diego, California]], was killed after ejecting from his [[AV-8B Harrier II]], based at [[MCAS Cherry Point]], North Carolina, which crashed in a remote area. Aerial observer Capt. Jeffrey P. Schade, of [[Southhold, New York]], ejected from [[OV-10 Bronco]], suffering minor injuries. The Bronco landed safely.<ref>Washington, D.C.: Washington Times, ''Marine dead after ejecting from plane'', Wednesday, February 14, 1990, page A-2.</ref> |
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*23 February - A Maine Corps student pilot and his U.S. Navy instructor from [[Whiting Field]], [[Florida]], are killed after two [[T-34C Mentor]]s collide in mid-air, near [[Summerdale, Alabama]]. <ref>Pensacola, Florida, Pensacola News Journal, Wednesday, 5 June, 1991, page 8A.</ref> |
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*30 May - Two [[USAF]] [[Ling-Temco-Vought]] [[A-7 Corsair II]]s of the Air National Guard, collided in mid-air and crashed in a "ball of flame" over northwestern Iowa near [[Spencer, Iowa]], both pilots and a civilian passenger ejected safely.<ref> |
*30 May - Two [[USAF]] [[Ling-Temco-Vought]] [[A-7 Corsair II]]s of the Air National Guard, collided in mid-air and crashed in a "ball of flame" over northwestern Iowa near [[Spencer, Iowa]], both pilots and a civilian passenger ejected safely.<ref> |
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Washington, D.C.: Washington Post, Thursday, May 31, 1990, page A-20.</ref> The information available strongly suggests that the flight consisted on an A-7D and an A-7K two-seater. |
Washington, D.C.: Washington Post, Thursday, May 31, 1990, page A-20.</ref> The information available strongly suggests that the flight consisted on an A-7D and an A-7K two-seater. |
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