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On November 12, 19 days after the crash, the Navy salvaged the plane and recovered Hultgreen's body, still strapped into the ejection seat, from a depth of 3,700 feet (1,100 m). [8] On November 21, she was buried at Arlington National Cemetery , with full military honors .
Bates had previously been involved in an F-14 accident in April 1995. 2 February A Grumman F-14A Tomcat crashes in the northern Persian Gulf. The U.S. Navy announces a three-day stand down for F-14 operations. The safety standdown will allow the service "to assess all aspects of operations and procedures", a Navy spokeswoman said.
VF-1, the first of the Pacific Fleet F-14 Tomcat squadrons to form, deployed aboard USS Enterprise, loses second of two aircraft during the 1974–75 deployment, signalling fan-blade containment problems with early TF30 turbofans, [1] when F-14A-70-GR, BuNo 159001, 'NK112', crashes into the sea near Cubi Point after engine failure. Both crew ...
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DC Fire and EMS Chief John Donnelly announced that following a commercial airplane's collision with a military helicopter, nearly 30 bodies had been recovered, with no survivors expected.
(The Center Square) – Nearly a week following the mid-air collision over the Potomac River between an American Airlines jet and an Army helicopter, authorities have announced that all 67 victims ...
A Grumman F-14A-95-GR Tomcat, BuNo 160409, of VF-143, [44] (also reported as VF-124) suffers total hydraulic system failure and crashes inverted into a hangar at Gillespie Field, a civil airport in El Cajon, California, San Diego County while attempting to return to NAS Miramar. The pilot, Lt. Cmdr. Jim Barnett, 36, a flight instructor with ten ...
The water temperature near the crash site was recorded at 35 °F (2 °C). On January 30, the rescue operation turned into a recovery mission. [ 53 ] By February 4, all bodies had been recovered, including the three soldiers in the helicopter, and all of them were identified by February 5.