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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. [381] 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.
The Palomares incident occurred on 17 January 1966, when a B-52G bomber of the United States Air Force 's Strategic Air Command collided with a KC-135 tanker during mid-air refueling at 31,000 feet (9,450 m) over the Mediterranean Sea, off the coast of Spain. The KC-135 was destroyed when its fuel load ignited, killing all four crew members.
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A Sikorsky MH-53 Sea Dragon crashes into the Persian Gulf at 2105 hrs., shortly after taking off from the USS Peleliu, 40 miles N of Bahrain. All 6 service members on board were killed. The aircraft was part of squadron HM-15 based out of Naval Air Station Alameda, near San Francisco.
Five U.S. servicepeople were killed when a military helicopter crashed over the eastern Mediterranean Sea during a training mission, U.S. officials said Sunday. The military's European Command ...
Five U.S. Army Special Operations soldiers were killed during a training exercise Friday after a military helicopter crashed into the Mediterranean Sea. The aircraft experienced an in-flight ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Five U.S. Army special operations troops were killed on Friday when their helicopter crashed into the Mediterranean Sea during a training mission, the Pentagon said on Sunday.
A United States Navy Sikorsky HH-60H Seahawk crashed into the Pacific Ocean 16 miles (26 km) SW of San Diego, California. The aircraft was on a routine training flight and returning to the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz when the accident occurred off of Point Loma, California, killing all 5 members of its crew.