Military fighter aircraft that fly themselves around without their pilot on board is unusual, to say the least.  Sadly this is often a situation that has tragic consequences.  This tale is of three such events; happily one has safe outcome for the pilot... the others were not so lucky.

 



 



 



 

 

 

 

Images under Creative Commons licence with thanks to Alan Wilson, Billy Bunting MOD, USMC and USAF.