Flight accidents in the 21st century U.S. Air Force : the facts of 40 non-combat events /

Bond, Henry, 1966-

Flight accidents in the 21st century U.S. Air Force : the facts of 40 non-combat events / Henry Bond. - Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland and Company, Incorporated, Publishers, (c)2019. - 1 online resource.

Includes bibliographies and index.

Pitch up -- Number 3 engine idle -- Landing strut -- Caught a tailwind -- Fly-by -- Zero-g parabolas -- Arctic thunder -- C-bleed hot -- Ground-rush in Germany -- Flameout volk -- Mist-up airventure -- Warthog seizure -- Walan rabat -- Overshoot shank -- Paddy field -- Communications mast -- Titanium fire -- Belly flop -- Cut-up wake -- Fuel-line shutoff -- Flaps gone -- Roll off the top -- Spatial D -- Dutch roll -- Stockton impromptu -- Okinawa corkscrew -- Birdstrike luke -- Lights-out intercept -- Racetrack gun pattern -- Fuel-line leak -- Cley goose strike -- Domestic object -- Down to Louisiana -- Ghostrider -- Fire by the microwave -- Unseen traffic -- Goggles case -- Three-out takeoff -- Inadvertent shutoff -- Eject, dude.

"Mid-flight noncombat mishaps and blunders occur frequently in the USAF during training and utility flights. The events surrounding such accidents are gathered by USAF investigators and a report is published for each case. The author has collected these reports and rewritten them in language accessible to the general public"--



9781476633503


United States. Air Force --History--21st century.


Airplanes, Military--Accidents--History--United States--21st century.


Electronic Books.

UG1243 / .F554 2019