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Air Force instructor pilot dies after ejection seat accident
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.
Pilot’s error in judgment caused T-38 mishap in February, investigation finds
The pilot relied on his gut rather than double-checking his flight controls, according to an accident investigation report.
Air Force faces $72 million bill for winter storm damage
Winter storms earlier this year caused more than $72 million in damages at Air Force installations across the country, as well as minor harm to two aircraft.
Best pics of the week: April 25, 2021
Best Ranger competition at Fort Benning, Air Force special tactics and combat rescue officer assessments at Hurlburt, and more in this week's Frontline Photos.
Best pics of the week: April 18, 2021
A day battle drill at the Chocolate Mountain Aerial Gunnery Range, refueling a Raptor over Alaska, an aircraft fire drill on the USS John S. McCain (DDG 56), and more in this week's Frontline Photos.
Best pics of the week: April 4, 2021
A visit, board, search and seizure training on the USS Lewis B. Puller, assessments at the U.S. Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School, looking out on the Ike, and more in this week's Frontline Photos.
Training base evacuates T-38s to Florida amid severe weather threat
Columbus Air Force Base in Mississippi evacuated some of its T-38 training jets to Florida’s Space Coast as severe weather threatens to batter parts of the South.
US Air Force’s T-38 trainer could soon dogfight with augmented reality adversaries
The Air Force is finalizing a contract with Red 6, which is developing tech to allow pilots to dogfight with simulated foes.
By Valerie Insinna
Arizona National Guard adjutant general to retire in April
Maj. Gen. Michael T. McGuire, adjutant general of the Arizona National Guard, plans to retire on April 10, capping a 34-year military career that included helping direct the state’s response to the pandemic.
Air Force releases name of flight instructor killed in Alabama plane crash
Scot Ames Jr., a 24-year-old instructor pilot with the 50th Flying Training Squadron at Columbus Air Force Base in Mississippi, died in the crash. The name of the Japanese Air Self Defense Force student pilot also killed in the crash was not released.
2 pilots, one US, one Japanese, killed in training flight crash in Alabama
Two pilots are dead after a training flight crashed near Montgomery, Alabama on Friday.
By Harm Venhuizen