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Hamilton’s crash had not yet been added to that total as of Aug. Members of the House Armed Services Committee want to know how often ejection seat repairs are delayed, and how many Air Force and Navy ejection seats are used across both services.Īt least three other people have died, and five aircraft destroyed, in Air Force-related aviation incidents so far in fiscal 2021, according to the Air Force Safety Center. David Schmitz, an F-16 pilot at Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina, in June 2020. “The pilot started the final turn and then reported that he had a flap issue and when asked if he was declaring an emergency, he responded ‘affirm.’”Ī witness cited in the report also said he saw the airplane dip low in its flight pattern and sink “like it was ‘falling out of the sky’” before the pilot ejected, the NTSB added.ĭassault did not respond to a request for comment on its jet’s ejection seat.Ĭongressional lawmakers are pushing to protect aviators from faulty ejection seats after a malfunction led to the death of 1st Lt. “The pilot reported that he would be accomplishing a low approach,” the federal investigative agency said. Venable believes Hamilton may have grown too focused on something in flight to pull out of the problem, or that he could have been incapacitated by hypoxia or smoke in the cockpit. That destabilizes a plane when the flaps point in different directions, rather than deploying both equally to slow down. John “JV” Venable, a former Air Force fighter pilot who is now a senior research fellow for defense policy at the Heritage Foundation, told Air Force Times that any number of issues could have contributed to the flap problem, but that they may have “split” upon Hamilton’s descent. Aero L-159E aircraft operated by Draken International With approximately 150 jets, the company operates the largest fleet of privately owned former military tactical jet aircraft in the world. The agency also would not elaborate on what the flap issue cited in its report might have entailed and how it may have contributed to the accident.

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The latter depends upon the implementation of the the UK's Next Generation Operational Training (NGOT) programme which will cover Red Air/Adversary training.The F1 went down in a residential neighborhood near Nellis after suffering a “flap issue,” according to the National Transportation Safety Board, which is leading an investigation into the crash.Īn NTSB spokesperson declined to comment on the circumstances of Hamilton’s death until the full review is complete, which could take up to two years. Leonardo are responsible for this radar and are allegedly not supporting the radar system on the Draken Honey Badgers although, this is likely to be rectified.ĭraken Europe hold the UK red air training torch for three years with the contract due to expire on June 30, 2025, with the option to extend up to another three years. The fleet of eight will provide a higher capability to the RAF than the Hawk T1As, operating a FIAR Grifo air to air radar and radar warning receiver. The last L-159E ALCA 'Honey Badger' to be supplied to Draken - taken at Aero Vodochody's facility in the Czech Republic on May 27, 2019.

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The contract with the RAF is to commence on July 1, four months after the UK MOD retired its dedicated aggressor squadrons and its fleet of Hawk T1As at RAF Leeming and RNAS Culdrose. It is unclear when the other half of the fleet will arrive in the UK, but it expected to be in the latter term of 2022.

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This is to undergo an ADS-B upgrade and are expected to receive a new digital paint scheme before joining the first two at Teesside at the end of May. This arrival matches with Key.Aero’s report in April that the first two Honey Badgers would arrive in early May, the other two airframes (N264EM, and N265EM) are due to fly from Nellis AFB to Lakeland Linder International Airport in Florida where Draken International is based. One of Draken Europe's Falcon 20s is expected to depart Teesside at 16:30pm and meet up with the two Honey Badgers for an aerial photoshoot prior to their arrival at Teesside. The pair are due to arrive at Teesside at 18:30pm. ADS-BĪt the the time of writing, both aircraft are currently en-route to Prestwick airport in Scotland. ARTIC1, N159EM leading the pair seen on ADS-B Exchange off the coast of Iceland on route to Prestwick in Scotland. Just over a month after the announcement of Draken Europe’s three-year £100m interim contract providing red air ‘aggressor’ training to the RAF on April 8, two of the eight Aero Vodochody L-159E Advanced Light Combat Aircraft (ALCA) are expected to touch down today at Draken’s facility, Teesside International Airport in Northern England.Īlso known as the ‘Honey Badger’ the two L-159E airframes’ serials N159EM and N267EM departed the US, taking the transatlantic route of Greenland and Iceland, using the callsigns Arctic 1 and Arctic 2.