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On July 4, 2021, a Lockheed C-130 Hercules aircraft of the Philippine Air Force (PAF) crashed after an attempted landing at Jolo Airport in Sulu, Philippines. [1] With 53 deaths, of which 50 people were on the aircraft and 3 on the ground, the incident is the deadliest aviation accident in Philippine military history, the fourth deadliest on Philippine soil, and the second deadliest to occur ...
A Dassault Mirage 2000 fighter jet of the Peruvian Air Force crashed into the Pichu Pichu volcano in Arequipa, Peru, killing the sole pilot on board. [ 380] 18 April. A Bell UH-1 Iroquois helicopter of the Kenyan Air Force crashed in Elgeyo Marakwet County in Kenya. Killing 10 officers and leaving 2 survivors.
2021 Kabul airlift. Large-scale evacuations of foreign citizens and some vulnerable Afghan citizens took place amid the withdrawal of US and NATO forces at the end of the 2001–2021 war in Afghanistan. The Taliban took control of Kabul and declared victory on 15 August 2021, and the NATO-backed Islamic Republic of Afghanistan collapsed.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. military will deploy additional fighter jets and Navy warships to the Middle East, the Pentagon said on Friday, as Washington seeks to bolster defenses following ...
Survivors. 132. Ryanair Flight 4978 was a regularly scheduled international passenger flight from Athens International Airport, Greece, to Vilnius Airport, Lithuania, operated by Buzz, a Polish subsidiary of the Irish airline Ryanair. On 23 May 2021, while in Belarusian airspace, it was diverted by the Belarusian government to Minsk National ...
A suicide bombing took place at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, on 26 August 2021, at 17:50 local time (13:20 UTC ), [ 11] during the evacuation from Afghanistan. [ 1][ 6][ 12][ 13] At least 183 people were killed, including 170 Afghan civilians and 13 members of the United States military, [ 14][ 4] the first American ...
United Airlines Flight 328 N772UA, the aircraft involved in 2012 Incident Date February 20, 2021 13:08 MST (2021-02-20UTC20:08Z) Summary Engine failure caused by metal fatigue Site Over Broomfield, Colorado, U.S. 39°55′44″N 105°03′18″W / 39.929°N 105.055°W / 39.929; -105.055 Aircraft Aircraft type Boeing 777-222 [a] Operator United Airlines IATA flight No. UA328 ICAO ...
An F-16C over Iraq in 2008. An F-22A Raptor flies over Andrews Air Force Base during an airshow in 2008. An F-35A in flight. A USAF B-52 bomber. A B-1B in flight over Afghanistan. A B-2 Spirit stealth bomber flies over the Pacific Ocean. An E-3 Sentry AWACS aircraft. One of 4 E-4B Nightwatch airborne command posts.