LOSSES
Compiled by Tom Kaminski- A US Air Force T-38C from the
71st Flying Training Wing crashed in a
wooded area near Chester, Oklahoma
around 50nm (93km) west of Vance
AFB, on August 17, following an
apparent engine failure. The pilot
ejected safely and su ered only
minor injuries. - T-35B serial 1803 (c/n 226)
operated by the Dominican
Republic Air Force crashed in
unknown circumstances during a
patrol near the Haitian border on
August 4. One of the Pillán’s two
pilots was killed when the trainer
went down near Elías Piña. - An Iraqi National Army Mi-35
su ered a hard landing in Sarobi
district of central Kabul province on
August 1. One pilot was injured in the
mishap, which occurred after the
helicopter struck an electric
transmission tower east of Kabul.- Both pilots aboard Vietnamese
People’s Air Force Su-22U serial
8551 (c/n 65611) were killed when
the aircraft crashed around 186 miles
(300km) south of Hanoi on July 26.
The aircraft and crew, which were
assigned to the 921st Regiment, had
departed from Sao Vang airport and
went down around near Nghệ An’s
Dừa village, in Vietnam’s northern
Nghia Dhan district. - A Su-22 operated by the Syrian
Arab Air Force was shot down after
entering Israeli controlled airspace
over the Golan Heights on July 24.
The pilot was killed after the aircraft
was struck by Israeli Defense Force
Patriot missiles and crashed in the
Yarmouk Basin region. - A MiG-21 operated by the Indian
Air Force crashed around one hour
after take-o from Pathankot Air
Force Station on July 18. The pilot
was killed when the ghter went
down in near the village of Mehra
Palli in the Kangra district of
Himachal Pradesh. - Both pilots aboard a Mexican Air
Force T-6C ejected safely before the
trainer crashed on July 17. The Texan
II went down near Ixtepec, Oaxaca. - MUH-1 serial 17002 operated by
the Republic of Korea Marine
Corps crashed during a test ight at
Pohang Air Base in North
Gyeongsang Province around 230
miles (370km) south-east of Seoul
on July 17. Five of the six marines
who were aboard the helicopter,
which is a variant of the Korea
Aerospace Industries KUH-1 Surion,
were killed and the sixth was injured.
The crash apparently occurred after
one of the helicopter’s four main
rotor blades separated from the hub
just after take-o . - A T-6B Texan II, assigned to the
US Navy’s Training Air Wing TAW-4 at
NAS Corpus Christi, su ered a
gear-up landing at Aransas County
Airport in Rockport, Texas on July 16.
Neither the student nor the
instructor pilot aboard the Texan II
was injured in the mishap. The crew
was conducting touch-and-go
landings when it occurred. - A PIlatus PC-7 serial 211 (c/n 231),
operated by the Chilean Navy’s
Naval Aviation School, was damaged
in an emergency that occurred
shortly after the aircraft took o
from Concón Air Base in Valparaiso,
on July 12. Neither pilot was
seriously injured when the aircraft
came down near a highway
following an apparent engine failure. - An MD500 assigned to the
Finnish Army Utti Jaeger Regiment
su ered a hard landing at Utti
air eld on July 12. Although two
crew escaped serious injury the
helicopter was though to have been
heavily damaged.
A330 TANKER DELIVERED TO SINGAPORE
THE REPUBLIC OF Singapore
Air Force received the rst of six
Airbus A330 Multi-Role Tanker
Transport (MRTT) aircraft on
August 14, when the aircraft
arrived at Changi Airport in
Kuala Lumpur at the conclusion
of a ight that began in Madrid,Spain. The aircraft was scheduled
to make its public debut during
the air force’s 50th anniversary
celebration on September 1.
Singapore ordered six A330
MRTTs as replacements for its
current eet of four KC-135Rs in- Tom Kaminski
BRONCOS FOR PHILIPPINES
THE US WILL transfer four retired
OV-10 observation/light attack
aircraft to the Philippines. The
twin-turboprop Broncos were
o ered earlier this year in response
to a request for spare parts to
support the country’s existing eet
of OV-10s. Although the aircraft
are expected to be transferred at
no cost, the Philippines will be
responsible for transportation.
The aircraft, comprising two
OV-10As and two OV-10G+s, will
be broken down for shipment. A
sources sought notice regarding
the breakdown and reassembly
was issued by Air Force Materiel
Command’s Air Force Life Cycle
Management Center. The transfer
is expected to take place in 2019.
The Broncos are currently located
at NASA’s Langley Research Center
at Joint Base Langley-Eustis,Virginia. Although transferred to
NASA the OV-10G+ models were
bailed back to the US Navy and
supported the Combat Dragon
II limited objective experiment/
joint combat validation. As part
of that project, the Broncos were
deployed to Iraq in 2016 where
they ew 120 combat missions
during an 82-day deployment.
During those operations, the
Broncos delivered 63 2.75in
(70mm) laser-guided Advanced
Precision Kill Weapon System
rockets. In addition to the two
OV-10G+s that were previously
operated by the US Marine Corps
as OV-10Ds, the aircraft include
a pair of OV-10As that had been
operated by the USAF and the
Marines prior to their transfer to
NASA. Both will likely be used as a
source of spares. Tom KaminskiOV-10G+ BuNo 155492 that participated in the Combat
Dragon II evaluation. Michael KeaveneyFIRST RoKAF PILOT FLIES F-35
THE FIRST REPUBLIC of Korea Air
Force (RoKAF) F-35A pilot made his
maiden F-35A ight on July 20 at
Luke Air Force Base, Arizona.
After a year of preparation and
instruction through the 944th
Operations Group Detachment
2, Lockheed Martin and theiractive-duty team members at the
56th Fighter Wing, Maj Kiyun Jung
ew his rst solo mission. Jung
prepared for this ight through
months of intensive academic,
simulator, and hands-on training
with the 944th OG Det 2 and
the 56th FW.A Republic of Korea Air Force F-35A taxis onto the runway July 20, at
Luke Air Force Base, Arizona. The event marked a milestone as Maj Kiyun
Jung, RoKAF, pilot fl ew his fi rst solo mission. USAF/TSgt Louis Vega Jr[NEWS] WORLD
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