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Photo Captures The Moment As Lightning Strikes A C-5 Galaxy’s Tail At The AMARG Boneyard in Davis-Monthan AFB

August 5, 2019 David Cenciotti

An AMARG employee captured the fury of the storm as it swept through Davis-Monthan AFB recently. The image in this post was shared by the 309th Aerospace Maintenance And Regeneration Group FB page. In was […]

Aviation Safety / Air Crashes

Watch: Lightning Bolt Strikes An F/A-18C Hornet Flying Through The Clouds

December 28, 2018 David Cenciotti

A Kuwaiti Air Force F/A-18 Hornet is hit by a lightning strike while flying through the clouds. The following video is pretty impressive. It shows an F/A-18C being hit by a lightning bolt. Along with […]

Aviation Safety / Air Crashes

Lightning Strike Tore A Person-Sized Gash In B-52 Bomber Tail

February 12, 2018 David Cenciotti

A lightning struck a B-52 Stratofortress assigned to the 307th Bomb Wing upon final approach to Barksdale Air Force Base: the tail of the aircraft was damaged beyond repair. On Dec. 19, 2017, B-52 Stratorfortress (60-0051), […]

Aviation

Crazy video shows Delta Boeing 737 hit by lightning strike

August 20, 2015 David Cenciotti

A passenger has caught on video a direct lightning strike on a Delta Boeing 737 at Atlanta airport. The video below is extremely interesting. Shot at Atlanta airport during a thunderstorm by Jack Perkins, a […]

Aviation Safety / Air Crashes

Lightning strikes near MC-130E Combat Talon. Are lightnings a risk to airplanes?

January 30, 2014 David Cenciotti

When “lightning within five” is announced on an U.S. airbase, personnel are instructed to seek immediate shelter. Lightnings don’t down planes, at least not directly… Taken in 2006 at Duke Field, the above image shows […]

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