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    On July 28, 2010, a C-17 Globemaster III transport plane of the U.S. Air Force (USAF) crashed at Elmendorf Air Force Base in Alaska, while practicing...
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    Iraqi fighter aircraft in far western Iraq.[citation needed] 2010 Alaska USAF C-17 crash, a 2010 accident that also took place at Elmendorf AFB, crashing...
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    July 2010, a USAF C-17 (AF Serial No. 00-0173 – "Spirit of the Aleutians") crashed at Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska, while practicing for the 2010 Arctic...
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  • Thumbnail for 1994 Fairchild Air Force Base B-52 crash
    On Friday, 24 June 1994, a United States Air Force (USAF) Boeing B-52 Stratofortress crashed at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, United States, after...
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    complete." US Air Force, 13 June 2006. "USAF Crash Investigation Video." YouTube. "Air Force blames crew for C-5 crash" DelawareOnline, 14 June 2006. "Pilot...
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    FWW, USAF, crashed Nellis AFB, both crew killed. 8 February 1978: F-15A, 73-0087, of the 555th TFTS, 58th TFTW, USAF, lost in a ground incident. 17 April...
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  • 84-0875 of the USAF (15th Special Operations Squadron) crashed at Sardeh Band Airport near Band E Sardeh Dam in Afghanistan. June 17, 2002: C-130A N130HP...
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    "Boxcars." The USAF Strategic Air Command had C-119 Flying Boxcars in service from 1955 to 1973. Perhaps the most remarkable use of the C-119 was the aerial...
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  • investigated. This was apparently the first C-17 accident to result in the loss of life. The crash damaged tracks of the Alaska Railroad, which temporarily suspended...
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    After the accident, the USAF took the B-2 fleet off operational status for 53 days, returning on 15 April 2008. The cause of the crash was later determined...
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    1965: En route to Tuy Hoa Air Base, a USAF C-123 hit some trees on top of a ridge, causing it to enter a spin and crash. Four American officers and 81 South...
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    Joint Base Elmendorf–Richardson (category 2010 establishments in Alaska)
    the USAF had erred in blaming Haney, and that facts did not sufficiently support conclusions; the USAF stated that it stood by the ruling. Alaska portal...
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    15 March 1981, USAF RC-135S, 61-2664, called "Cobra Ball", crashed on final approach in bad weather to Shemya Air Force Base, Alaska on a flight from...
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    Company in Long Beach, California. The C-124 was the primary heavy-lift transport for United States Air Force (USAF) Military Air Transport Service (MATS)...
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    on board. 7 December 1975 USAF KC-135A, 60-0354, from Plattsburgh AFB, New York, crashed after takeoff at Eielson AFB, Alaska, killing all four crewmembers...
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  • Thumbnail for 1975 Tân Sơn Nhứt C-5 accident
    On 4 April 1975, a Lockheed C-5A Galaxy participating in the first mission of Operation Babylift crashed on approach during an emergency landing at Tan...
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    Air Force. The C-133 was the USAF's only production turboprop-powered strategic airlifter, entering service shortly after the Lockheed C-130 Hercules,...
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    2007. Retrieved: 24 September 2010. Warwick, Graham (14 November 2007). "F-15 operators follow USAF grounding after crash". Flight International. Archived...
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  • Thumbnail for Elmendorf Air Force Base
    ICAO: PAED, FAA LID: EDF) is a United States Air Force (USAF) facility in Anchorage, Alaska. Originally known as Elmendorf Field, it became Elmendorf...
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  • 406. "1949 USAF Serial Numbers". www.joebaugher.com. Associated Press, "Fear 11 Dead In Weather Plane Crash – B-50 Wrecked on Isle in Alaska River", Chicago...
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    Research Center 29 March 1999: USAF RQ-4A 95-2002 crashed at China Lake Naval Weapons Center. 30 Dec 2001: USAF RQ-4A 98-2005 crashed while returning to al-Dhafra...
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    membersAlaska Air Fuel Douglas C-54 crash. Alaska Airlines Flight 60 crashed at Ketchikan on April 5, 1976 resulting in the death of one passenger. Alaska Airlines...
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  • Thumbnail for 1968 Thule Air Base B-52 crash
    accident (/ˈtuːli/; Danish: Thuleulykken), involving a United States Air Force (USAF) B-52 bomber occurred near Thule Air Base in the Danish territory of Greenland...
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    DC-6A, the military version was the USAF C-118 Liftmaster; the USN R6D version used the more powerful R-2800-CB-17 engines. These were later used on the...
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  • Thumbnail for Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II
    aircraft developed by Fairchild Republic for the United States Air Force (USAF). In service since 1977, it is named after the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt...
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    Exercise Northern Edge (category Wikipedia articles with style issues from September 2010)
    the crash due to extreme weather of a Canadian C-130 military transport plane and the death of 9 Canadians at Ft. Wainwright in Fairbanks, Alaska. The...
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    Area 51 is the common name of a highly classified United States Air Force (USAF) facility within the Nevada Test and Training Range in southern Nevada, 83...
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  • in a crash this date near Eielson AFB, Alaska, while assigned to the 58th Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron (Medium), Weather. 1 October A USAF North...
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  • Hogan) dies in the crash; the other three crewmembers survive. 17 August A PAF Lockheed C-130B Hercules, 23494, 'R' (ex-USAF 62-3494), c/n 3708, callsign...
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    additional high-altitude objects near the coast of Alaska on 10 February and over Yukon on 11 February. The USAF expects to begin retiring the F-22 in the 2030s...
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