The V-22s have been grounded for two weeks following a recent incident, however they are now returning to fly again after the inspection of the Proprotor Gearboxes. The U.S. Air Force and Navy are finally resuming flight operations with the V-22...
Aircrew members ejected safely and were rescued after a U.S. Navy F/A-18F from the USS Truman was shot down in a friendly fire incident. On Dec. 22, 2024, an F/A-18F Super Hornet, embarked aboard USS Harry S. Truman, was shot down...
The U.S. Air Force and Navy adhered to the operational pause called by NAVAIR after a precautionary landing in November caused by an engine failure. Flight operations of the V-22 Osprey tiltrotor have been paused once again on Dec. 9, 2024,...
The CV-22B Osprey crashed following a catastrophic failure in the left-hand Prop Rotor Gear Box, triggered by a crack in one of the high-speed pinion gears manufactured from a special steel alloy produced by Universal Stainless. An independent investigation by Hunterbrook...
The CV-22B after the incident on Melrose Air Force Range (Image credit: USAF) The incidents took place on Aug. 17 and Aug. 22, 2023 at Inyokern, California, and the Melrose Air Force Range, New Mexico, respectively. Fortunately, the did not result...
The Utah National Guard AH-64D (screenshot from the FOX 13 video) An F-35 pilot with only 35 minutes of experience in an Apache simulator was flying the Utah National Guard Apache that crashed earlier this year. On Feb. 12, 2024, a...
Ukrainian Air Force F-16. The Ukrainian Air Force has lost one of the first six F-16 jets it has recently received. A Ukrainian Air Force F-16 fighter jet was lost in a crash on Monday, Aug. 26, 2024, a U.S. official...
U.S. Air Force Reserve Citizen Airman Lt. Col. Timothy “Scream” Mitchell, an A-10 instructor pilot and flight commander with the 47th Fighter Squadron, places his hand on the iconic nose of an A-10C Thunderbolt II at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz.,...
Screengrab from the footage shows the operator’s view of the boom from the RSAF A330 MRTT connecting with the F-16D’s receiver port. (Image credit: Airbus) With Automatic Air-to-Refueling, the Boom Flight Control System becomes fully automated and autonomously makes contact with...
“Know your limitations and don’t exceed them” is common advice for aviators. That statement is all well and good, so far as it goes. It generally encourages you, as the pilot, to do a good job of preparing for each flight...