A U.S. Air Force F-16C fighter crashed in a field in northwestern South Korea last year after the jet partially lost power, an investigation found. A member of the 80th Flying Training Wing died Monday after their ejection seat fired while they were sitting in the cockpit on the ground. Family of Senior Airman Roger Fortson "remain adamant" that an Okaloosa County Sherriff's deputy had the wrong apartment when he was shot and killed May 3. Roger Fortson was alone in his apartment Friday when a sheriff's deputy burst in and fatally shot him, an attorney for Fortson's family claims. U.S. Special Operations Command has paused an ambitious program to make its MC-130J transport plane capable of water landings and takeoff. The history of special operations in the U.S. is replete with examples that demonstrate how vital this can be. By Michael K. Nagata
4 months ago Senior Airman Roger Fortson was shot and killed by an Okaloosa Sheriff's deputy at his off-base residence following a disturbance call May 3, 2024. An F-16 assigned to Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, crashed around 11:50 a.m. local time on Tuesday. The Pentagon said it's unlikely that U.S. military operations caused civilian casualties in more than a dozen instances around the world in 2022. The Air Force’s fleet is already less than one-fifth of its size at its 1956 peak, when it had 26,104 aircraft. Load More