September 26, 1957: 1st Lieutenant Bob Rutte killed during solo training.
October 9, 1958: 19 people are killed when the team’s cargo plane crashes, making it the worst accident in Thunderbird history.
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March 12, 1959: Captain C. D. “Fish” Salmon killed during solo training.
July 27, 1960: Captain J. R. Crane killed during a solo proficiency flight.
April 6, 1961: Major Robert S. Fitzgerald and Captain George Nial killed during training.
May 9, 1964: Captain Eugene J. Devlin killed during a three-plane formation pass.
October 12, 1966: Major Frank Liethen and Captain Robert Morgan killed during a collision of two F-100s.
January 9, 1969: Captain Jack Thurman killed during solo training.
June 4, 1972: Major Joe Howard killed during the Transpo airshow at Dulles International Airport.
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December 21, 1972: Captain Jerry Bolt and Technical Sargent Charles Lynn killed during a flight test.
July 25, 1977: Captain Charlie Carter killed during maneuvers at F. E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyoming.
May 9, 1981: Captain Nick Hauck killed during an air show at Hill Air Force Base, Utah.
September 8, 1981: Lieutenant Colonel David L. Smith killed during take off. Smith ejected from the plane, but his parachute did not deploy.
January 18, 1982: Major Norman L. Lowry, Captain Joseph N. Peterson and Captain Mark Melancon killed during training at Indian Springs Air Force Auxiliary Field.
September 14, 2003: Captain Chris Stricklin ejects during a “Split S” maneuver during an airshow at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho. Stricklin has only minor injuries and no one on the ground is injured.
June 2, 2016: Major Alex Turner ejects during a flyover at the United States Air Force Academy graduation ceremony. No one is injured.
June 23, 2017: Captain Erik Gonsalves injured during a landing prior to the Vectren Dayton Air Show. Passenger Technical Sargent Kenneth Cordova is trapped during the crash but uninjured.
April 4, 2018: Major Stephen Del Bagno killed during a training flight.