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The bodies were so dismembered that state police could initially only identify five of the victims, although the sixth was later found a half mile away, stated a United Press report. An Associated Press report identifies the crash site as at Calhoun, Louisiana, and states that the explosion on impact spread wreckage "over a square mile." The ...
United States Air Force Lt. Gen. Robert M. Bond (1929–1984), Vice Commander of Air Force Systems Command, is killed in a high-speed ejection from a Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 of the 4477th Test and Evaluation Squadron, out of Groom Lake, Nevada at 1018 hrs., which was initially reported to be an F-117A Stealth fighter.
3 January. A United States Army Sikorsky Aircraft UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crashed near Tal Afar, Ninawa Governorate, Iraq. The aircraft, part of a two-Black Hawk helicopter team, was travelling between military bases when the accident occurred, resulting in 12 fatalities. [107] 10 January.
Lieutenant John M. Armitage, USNR, is killed while conducting air firing tests of a Tiny Tim rocket at the Naval Ordnance Test Station at Inyokern, California. He flew into the ground from 1,500 ft (460 m). in a Curtiss SB2C-1C Helldiver, BuNo 018248, [ 311] and was killed after the launching the rocket.
4 April. Main article: 1975 Tân Sơn Nhứt C-5 accident. A USAFLockheed C-5A Galaxy, 68-0218, c/n 500-0021, taking part in Operation Babylift, a mass evacuation of children from South Vietnamduring the Fall of Saigon, experiences an explosive decompressionabout 40 mi (64 km) outside Saigonwhen the rear ramp and pressure door blow out ...
The crash of a Grumman S-2 Tracker moments after take-off from Kirtland AFB, New Mexico, kills all four U.S. Navy crew on board. A military spokesman said that the twin-engined anti-submarine warfare plane crashed and burned "after climbing to some 100-feet. Wreckage was spread over a wide area about one mile south of the base."
Vietnam People's Air Force Sukhoi Su-22M4, 5857, c/n 38920, collides mid-air with a second VPAF Su-22M4 6 nmi off Phu Quy Island. Both aircraft crash in the South China Sea. Both pilots die in the crash; the body of one pilot was found on 28 April and the second two days later. [213] 21 April.