Accidents
Crash Ends USAF Flying Evaluation of Light Attack Aircraft
An Embraer Super Tucano and one of two crew were lost.

The fatal crash of an Embraer A-29 Super Tucano flying from Holloman AFB on June 22 has ended the flying part of the U.S. Air Force Light Attack Experiment (LAE). The Super Tucano was being evaluated against the Beechcraft AT-6B Wolverine in the LAE, which is supposed to inform the USAF’s future potential requirement designated OA-X for a low-cost, off-the-shelf aircraft. One of the two aircrew, a U.S. Navy pilot, was killed in the accident.