On Friday, June 24, 1994, a United States Air Force Boeing B-52H Stratofortress strategic bomber crashed at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, United States, after its pilot, Lieutenant Colonel Art
61-0026, callsign Czar 52, a fraction of a second before crashing. The copilot McGeehan's escape hatch, jettisoned during his attempt to eject, can be seen near the tip of the vertical stabilizer
61-0026, the B-52H involved in the accident
Lt Col Mark McGeehan, the copilot on the accident flight
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Fairchild Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base, located in the northwest United States in eastern Washington, approximately twelve miles southwest of Spokane.
1994 Fairchild Air Force Base B-52 crash
…On Friday, June 24, 1994, a United States Air Force (USAF) Boeing B-52H Stratofortress strategic bomber crashed at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, United States, after its pilot, Lieutenant Colonel Arthur "Bud" Holland, maneuvered the bomber beyond its operational limits and lost…
92nd Air Refueling Wing's KC-135 Stratotanker departs Fairchild AFB in 2014
General Muir Fairchild
A Fairchild-based KC-135A Stratotanker seen during 1986
Entrance to Fairchild AFB in 2008