F-16 Accidents



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    Canopy from USAF F-16C #87-0257 returned from Iraq now on display at the Pima Air and Space Museum. [Photo courtesy the Pima Air and Space Museum]
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    Rescue teams working on IDFAF F-16D block 30, #088 [IDF/AF photo]
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    Rescue teams working on IDFAF F-16D block 30, #088 [IDF/AF photo]
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    Rescue teams working on IDFAF F-16D block 30, #088. [IDF/AF photo]
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    Recovery teams working on IDFAF F-16D block 30, #088. Note the background has been swirled out so the location could not be identified. [IDF/AF photo]
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    Recovery teams working on IDFAF F-16D block 30, #088. [IDF/AF photo]
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    Damage of the IDFAF F-16D block 30, #088 landing gear. [IDF/AF photo]
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    Damage of the IDFAF F-16D block 30, #088 left wing. [IDF/AF photo]
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    Moving the IDFAF F-16D block 30, #088, from the runway. [IDF/AF photo]
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    Video capture of IDFAF F-16D block 30 #088 sliding down the runway on its left wing. [IDF/AF photo]
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    This Arizona ANG F-16C #90-0708 retracted its landing gear while on the ground [USAF photo]
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    Thunderbird no. 6 ejection at Mt. Home airshow in 2003 [Photo by SSgt Bennie J. Davis III - Still Photographer, USAF]
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    Pilot ejects 0.8 seconds before the jet impacts the ground. [Photo by SSgt Bennie J. Davis III - Still Photographer, USAF]
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    Nikon D1X pcitures taken at 16:38:21 [Photo by SSgt Bennie J. Davis III - Still Photographer, USAF]
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    Tail detail of USAF F-16C block 40 #90-0725 which had a mishap when the gear up lever was put into the up possition in the cockpit during maintanence. When the aircraft powered up, the gear started to cycle injuring a ground crew. Aircraft was deployed at Hato, Curaçao on May 1st, 2001. [Photo via Jon Somerville]