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Air National Guard emergency flame-out landing. [USAF video]

In-cockpit footage from the September 14th, 2003 Thunderbirds crash. The aircraft, an F-16C from the USAF Thunderbirds, impacted the ground shortly after take-off during a loop. The pilot is seen ejecting just 0.8 seconds before impact and luckily was un-injured. [USAF video]

The September 14th, 2003 Thunderbirds crash seen from the flightline. The aircraft, an F-16C from the USAF Thunderbirds, impacted the ground shortly after take-off during a loop. The pilot is seen ejecting just 0.8 seconds before impact and luckily was un-injured. [USAF video]

Test pilot Neil Anderson belly lands the second YF-16 protoype on the grass at Fort Worth on May 8th, 1975 after one of the main gear tires got stuck in the well during a practice demo for the Paris Air Show. The aircraft was only slightly damaged, but never flew again. [GD...

Belgian news coverage (in Dutch) of F-16 crashes, featuring footage of several mishaps: F-16A #FA-33 on August 19th, 1986; F-16AM #FA-96 on January 8th, 2002; F-16BM #FB-19 on April 24th, 2002 and the Thunderbirds crash at Mountain Home. [VRT news video]

USAF F-16C block 40 #90-0718 from the 18th FS was tipped over (for the second time in its career) on June 15th, 2007. [USAF video]

Video footage of the landing of Pat 'Gums' McDoo when his F-16s LEF failed in early 1982. He was able to land the aircraft safely. He was the first to do so with this kind of technical failure. [Gums video]