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Flight hours plunged during COVID, but aircraft mishap rates ticked up Stephen Losey keyboard_arrow_down Two Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcons, assigned to the 77th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron, fly in formation with two Royal Saudi Air Force F-15E Strike Eagles during an exercise over Southwest Asia Dec. 15. The Air Force recorded fewer major mishaps in 2020 — but a steep decline in flight hours during the pandemic meant the mishap rate actually ticked up last year. (Staff Sgt. Taylor Harrison/Air Force) The Air Force saw the fewest of the three most serious classes of mishaps involving ...

Broken fan blade, shutdown of wrong engine led to fatal E-11 crash in Afghanistan, report says January 21 Lt. Col. Paul Voss, left, and Capt. Ryan Phaneuf were killed Jan. 27, 2020 in the crash of their E-11A battlefield communications aircraft in Ghazni province, Afghanistan. (Voss photo via Air Combat Command; Phaneuf photo via Alvirne High School yearbook in Hudson, N.H., courtesy of David Morin) A broken fan blade that led to engine failure, followed by the pilots’ shutoff of the other engine, led to the fatal crash of a Bombardier E-11A communications aircraft in Afghanistan last J...