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Watch footage of the tragic 1994 B-52 crash at Fairchild Air Force Base Washington

June 24, 1994. Fairchild Air Force Base (Fairchild AFB), Washington, USA. Aircraft: Boeing B-52H Stratofortress with tail number 61-0026, call sign “Czar 52”. Crew: 4 people - aircraft commander ​Lt Col Arthur “Bud” Holland, co-pilot Lt Col Mark McGeehan, navigator Lt Col Kenneth Huston, and safety observer Col Robert Wolff. Flight objective: training maneuvers in preparation for an air show. Maneuver that led to the crash: while performing a “go-around” (a second approach to land), the aircraft