Airborne 06.15.26: Storm v Airport, UFO Files, Wayward CFI Sentenced

Also: NORAD Responds, T-7A Red Hawk Instructors, 100th G700, Solid State Helios Horizon

Strong storms have caused significant damage to planes and hangars at the Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport in Springfield, Illinois. Photos showed several small planes thrown into fences. Other images showed damage to airplane hangars. Springfield Airport Authority Executive Director Mark Hanna said reports of damage on site included structural damage to four of the smaller hangars on the south side of the main entrance road. Some of the hangars were blown over and caused fence damage. The Pentagon said it is publishing the third release of declassified and historical Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) files as part of the Presidential Unsealing and Reporting System for UFO encounters. The collection continues to be housed on the Pentagon’s UFO website; the department will release additional files on a rolling basis. A flight instructor charged with involuntary manslaughter for a 2022 plane crash in the Lehigh Valley in Eastern Pennsylvania that killed a student pilot was sentenced to more than six years in prison. Eastern U.S. Federal District Judge John M. Gallagher sentenced Philip McPherson II, 37, of Riverside, N.J., to 78 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release on charges of involuntary manslaughter, conspiracy to commit wire fraud, obstruction of an administrative proceeding and 40 counts of serving as an airman without a certificate. All this -- and MORE in today's episode of Airborne-Unlimited!!!

Airborne 06.15.26 is chock full of info in this Daily News Episode, Monday, June 15th, 2026... Presented by Aero-TV veteran videographer and Airborne Cam Walton. Cam is supported by ANN Chief Videographer Nathan Cremisino, Senior ANN Airborne Host Holland Lee, as well as ANN CEO/Editor-In-Chief Jim Campbell. This episode covers:

Planes, Hangars Damaged At Springfield, Ill. Airport
Pentagon Releases More UFO Files
Flight Instructor Sentenced In Crash That Killed Student
NORAD Responds To TFR Violations In New York, New Jersey
Air Force Graduates First Group Of T-7A Red Hawk Instructor Pilots
Gulfstream Delivers 100th G700 And Sets Speed Record
Helios Horizon Flies On Solid State Power

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