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Air Force investigators determined there was not sufficient evidence to form an opinion as to the cause of the F-16C crash Sept. 9 during a night training mission near Cannon Air Force Base, N.M.

On 19 December 2002, RDAF Block 15 F-16A 87-0006 (LM Type/Version 6F-49, F100-PW-200 engine) was significantly damaged when it ran off the end of the runway at Bagram AB, Afghanistan. The pilot landed at night after a weather divert into Bagram AB but could not stop the aircraft on the wet runway.

After its' landing gear failed, an F-16 belly-landed at Tucson International Airport.

An F-16 Fighting Falcon pilot from the Air Force Reserve Command's 419th Fighter Wing here was killed Nov. 13 when his aircraft crashed during a combat training mission.

Officials have identified the F-16 Fighting Falcon pilot killed in an Oct. 25 midair crash as 1st Lt. Jorma D. Huhtala.

A search continues for a missing Air Force pilot whose F-16 crashed yesterday in the Utah desert.Another pilot ejected before the collision and landed safely. The Air Force says he was treated for minor injuries and released.

Two F-16 fighter jets collided Friday in the desert west of a training base. One pilot reportedly survived and the condition of the other was not known.

Two F-16s from the 388th Fighter Wing crashed in the Utah Test and Training Range at approximately 2:45 p.m. local time Friday.

One pilot is reported to be "OK" and that another pilot's condition is unknown.

Air Force investigators have determined a fatigue crack in a high-pressure turbine blade led to the catastrophic engine failure that resulted in the crash of an F-16 Fighting Falcon.

A military training jet based in Montgomery, Alabama (USA), crashed short of Hattiesburg airport Wednesday but the pilot managed to eject safely.

The pilot of an F-16 Fighting Falcon from the 27th Fighter Wing died when his aircraft crashed approximately 50 miles west of the base Sept. 9.

A farmer in southeastern Turkey filed a suit in Turkish court Monday for $50,000 in damages, the amount he says U.S. officials promised him after an American F-16 fighter jet crashed on his farm last year.

An Air Force investigations board has determined that pilot error caused a fatal F-16 crash near Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, in March. Luke A. Johnson, 26, died in the crash, which happened as he was preparing to land at the base. His F-16CJ aircraft crashed into a wooded area about two miles from the runway while returning at about 9 p.m. March 20 from a night tactical-intercept training mission.

Pilot error caused the Jan. 10 crash of an Air National Guard F-16 near the Garden State Parkway, officials said yesterday.

A pilot's failure to accurately perform standard flight procedures while rejoining other aircraft caused an F-16C to crash near the Warren Grove Bombing Range, near Atlantic City, N.J., Jan. 10, Air Force officials announced today.