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Video Emerges Of Marine Corps F-35B Crashing Into The Ground After Mid-Air Collision With KC-130J As you probably already know by now, on Sept. 29, 2020, a U.S. Marine Corps F-35B and a KC-130J belonging to the VMGR-352 “Raiders” based at MCAS Miramar, were involved in a mid-air collision during AAR (Air-to-Air Refueling) operations. The F-35B, callsign VOLT 93 crashed, while the KC-130J, callsign RAIDER 50, performed a safe crash landing on a field near Thermal Airport, California. The single pilot aboard the STOVL (Short Take Off Vertical Landing) variant of the Lightning II stealth jet ejected safely and the Super Hercules crew members survived. https://theaviationist.com/2020/09/30/video-emerges-of-marine-corps-f-35b-crashing-into-the-ground-after-mid-air-collision-with-kc-130j/

http://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=83&artikel=6212057 "I går störtade en Tu-95:a när den utförde en övningsflygning i östra Ryssland, vid Stillahavskusten, av sju personer ombord omkom de två piloterna. Det här är andra gången på kort tid som en Tu-95:a havererat. I juni kanade ett annat sådant plan av startbanan efter att motorn tagit eld. Även den här senaste gången uppges orsaken vara problem med just motorn. Men inget talar för att Ryssland tänker skära ner på sina bombflygningar. Nyligen rapporterades det att man istället ska återuppta produktionen av ett mycket mer avancerat bombflygplan från Sovjettiden, Tu-160, inom NATO kallat Blackjack. Det ryska flygvapnet är tänkt att få 50 nya plan av den typen." http://www.defensenews.com/story/defense/2015/07/14/russia-tu-95-crash/30130517/ http://rt.com/news/273520-tu95-bomber-crash-russia/ http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/tu-95-crash-adds-to-list-of-recent-russian-incidents-414611/ "This is the sixth Russian aircraft that has crashed since the beginning of June, and the seventh since the beginning of the year, Flightglobal’s Ascend Fleets database shows. Ahead of the 14 July event, these incidents included: a Sukhoi Su-24 fighter that crashed on 11 February; an RAC MiG-29 and Sukhoi Su-34 that crashed in separate incidents on 4 June; a Tu-95 crash on 8 June; a MiG-29 on 3 July; and an Su-24 on 6 July. Ascend shows that there are now 278 Su-24s left in service, 251 MiG-29s, 58 Su-34s and 41 Tu-95s. The fleet of Bear Hs is now understood to be grounded, pending further investigation, Russian news agency TASS quotes the Russian ministry of defence as saying."