F-16 Accidents



  • TS-1643_001
    TNI-AU F-16C block 25 #TS-1643 is seen after the fire has been put out at Halim Perdanakusuma Airport, Jakarta on April 16th, 2015. [Photo by Swaragama FM]
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    Moroccan F-16 (#08-8008) crashed in Yemen on May 10th, 2015.
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    Moroccan F-16 (#08-8008) crashed in Yemen on May 10th, 2015.
  • 89-2068
    USAF F-16C block 40 #89-2068 during recovery after departing the runway. Airmen assigned to the 455th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron take a break from working to replace a tire on an F-16 that departed the runway while landing at Bagram AB on May 4th, 2015. The 455th EAMXS maintainers were able to expeditiously recover the aircraft and return the runway to operational status; the pilot was uninjured while the F-16 only sustained minor damage in the mishap. [USAF photo by TSgt. Joseph Swafford]
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    Airmen assigned to the 455th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron move F-16C #89-2068 that had departed the runway while landing at Bagram AB on May 4th, 2015. The 455th EAMXS maintainers were able to expeditiously recover the aircraft and return the runway to operational status; the pilot was uninjured while the F-16 only sustained minor damage in the mishap. [USAF photo by TSgt. Joseph Swafford]
  • 10208
    RTAF F-16A ADF #10208 from 102 sqn is wrecked after it skidded off a taxiway before crashing into a ditch at Korat AB on June 24th, 2015. [Photo by Prasit Tangprasert]
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    RTAF F-16A ADF #10208 from 102 sqn is wrecked after it skidded off a taxiway before crashing into a ditch at Korat AB on June 24th, 2015. [Photo by Prasit Tangprasert]
  • 96-0085
    This is what is left of the engine of USAF F-16C block 50 #96-0085 from the 55th FS after it collided with a Cessna C150 on July 7th, 2015. [Photo by Amy Ramsey Dye]
  • 85-1459
    USAF F-16C block 30 #85-1459 from the 706th FS ran off the runway at NAS New Orleans on May 10th, 1996. [Photo by Eric J. Tagesen]
  • 85-1467
    USAF F-16C block 30 #85-1467 from the 706th FS ran off the runway at NAS New Orleans on March 18th, 1996. [Photo by Eric J. Tagesen]
  • Bahrain
    The remains of a Royal Bahraini F-16 fighter jet which crashed near the Yemeni border region of Jizan. [Photo supplied by Al Arabiya News Channel]
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    RNoAF F-16A block 15 #685 from 331 skv is completely destroyed due to a fire in an engine test shop at Bodø AB on June 6th, 1989. [Norsk Luftvartmuseum photo]
  • T-bird
    Picture of the downed Thunderbird near Powers and Fontaine who crashed on June 2nd, 2016. The pilot ejected safely. [Photo by Lindsay Diaz]
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    Picture of the downed Thunderbird near Powers and Fontaine who crashed on June 2nd, 2016. The pilot ejected safely. [Photo by Brennan Linsley, The Associated Press]
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    Picture of the downed Thunderbird near Powers and Fontaine who crashed on June 2nd, 2016. The pilot ejected safely. [Photo by Jerilee Bennett, The Gazette]