Aviation Accidents

An AV-8B Harrier aircraft operating aboard the USS Kearsarge in the Mediterranean was damaged earlier this month.

Five KC-130 Hercules crew members died in a Dec. 6 accident off Japan.

Capt. Jahmar F. Resilard, 28, was pronounced dead after he was found during search and rescue operations off Kochi on Dec. 6.

The KC-130T transport aircraft crashed last year, killing 15 Marines and a Navy corpsman.

Five are still missing after a KC-130 Hercules and F/A-18 Hornet collided during routine refueling training off Japan.

The U.S. Air Force has not paused flights for its T-38 Talon trainer fleet despite a series of crashes in the last 12 months.

Investigators attributed the accident largely to human error with a number of factors at play.

The military service safety centers are combing through data to uncover trends that are contributing to a spike in accidents.

The crash was the 5th in 12 months involving a T-38.