An Air Force instructor pilot died Tuesday after the ejection seat of the plane he was in activated while the aircraft was on the ground, Sheppard Air Force Base in Texas said. Capt. John Robertson of the 80th Operations Support Squadron was seriously injured in the incident at the base Monday and died Tuesday morning, […]
A Sheppard Air Force Base instructor-pilot died early Tuesday morning from injuries suffered when an ejection occurred, according to base officials. The pilot with the 80th Flying Training Wing was injured when their T-6A Texan II ejection seat activated during ground operations about 2 p.m. Monday, SAFB public affairs officials said in statements. A T-6A […]
NASA’s space-based solar observatory STEREO-A is keeping a close eye on ‘Devil Comet’ 12P/Pons-Brooks as it prepares to make its closest approach to the sun — known as perihelion — on April 21. In this footage, the comet is passing by Jupiter from the observatory’s perspective, just as a coronal mass ejection (CME), a large […]
A grey scale rectangle moves around a black screen following the motion of a camera in space as particles fly by. Every so often, the sun’s simmering magnetic field burps colossal clouds of plasma out into the space beyond. These are called coronal mass ejections (CMEs). If one CME strikes Earth, for example, the result […]
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – There were more calls for service, arrests, ejections and trespassing reports during this year’s WM Phoenix Open compared to the last two years, police said. Did the WM Phoenix Open go too far? The muddy course led to some wild antics well documented online – it’s also led some to believe fans […]