History of Crashes in Arizona and the Southwest Newspaper Stories Airfield Collectibles With ideal climate and sparsely populated regions, Arizona and the Southwestern states were used extensively to train Air Force and Navy pilots. The height of training lasted from World War II- 1970's. With the...
By December 1944, when Congress mandated the closure of the elite program (more than 25,000 women applied during the war, but only 1,100 would end up serving), 38 WASP pilots had lost their lives due to plane crashes or other accidents in the line of duty. Program records were classifie...
B-2 stealth bomber crashes on Guam A US B-2 stealth bomber - one of the most expensive military aircraft in the world - has crashed at an air base on the Pacific island of Guam. The United States Air Force (USAF) said both pilots had ejected safely before the plane came down at And...
That was the first mode for a black box, which became a requirement on all U.S. commercial flights by 1960. Early models often failed to withstand crashes, however, so in 1965 the device was completely redesigned and moved to the back of the plane – the area least subject to impact ...