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A pilot assigned to the 51st Fighter Wing, Osan AB (South Korea) is missing following the crash of his F-16 Fighting Falcon, on March 25, over the Yellow Sea, about 60 nautical miles west of Osan. The crash occurred at 8:52 p. m. (5:52 a. m. CST) during a combat training mission.
An F-16 pilot ejected safely before his plane crashed onto a runway during an attempted landing at Hill Air Force Base. The pilot, Lt. Col. John Burgess, was treated at the base hospital for minor injuries.
The ROCAF lost it's first F-16B (#6828) today. It crashed into the ocean near Ma-Kung (Taiwan).
An Air Force investigation report released Tuesday blamed pilot error for the midair collision of two New Jersey Air National Guard F-16 fighter jets off the Atlantic coast last September.
Air Force investigators reported on Thursday that birds and pilot error were responsible for a collision of two military jets over California last year that killed two people.
Corroded engine ducts have been blamed for the loss of two South Korean Lockheed Martin F-16 fighter aircraft last year, according to local media reports quoting defense ministry sources.
A 388th Fighter Wing F-16C crashed Jan. 8 while flying a simulated bombing mission over the Utah Test and Training Range near Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah, about 100 miles west of Hill AFB.
Two 388th Fighter Wing F-16s collided in mid-air about 1:30 p.m. today over the Utah Test and Training Range, located 105 miles west of Hill AFB.
An Air Force Reserve F-16C from the 4557th FS "spads", 301st FW, Carswell Air Reserve Station, Texas, crashed at approximately 1:15 p. m. Nov. 6th. The aircraft crashed near Sidney, Texas, about 75 miles west-southwest of Fort Worth. The pilot, Col. Thomas A. Dyches, the second-in-command of the Air Force Reserve, ejected safely. At the time of the accident, the aircraft was part of a two-ship formation performing basic fighter maneuvers. The aircraft was carrying no live weapons.
Two airmen, one a visiting pilot from Britain's Royal Air Force, were killed on wednesday when a training jet (T-38 Talon) crashed after colliding with an F-16 fighter over Edwards Air Force Base.
The pilot of a Greek Air Force F-16 which crashed in the Aegean Sea on Tuesday is still missing and chances to find him alive are very small. `The search is still on but unfortunately the chances of finding the pilot alive are very limited. It is still not know whether he managed to eject. Officials said that four Greek military planes crashed this year, which makes a total of 27 since 1991.
A Greek Air Force F-16 fighter plane crashed on Tuesday in the Aegean Sea during a routine training mission and the pilot is missing.
After two crashes of locally assembled F-16s in the past six weeks South Korea announced the grounding of all its F-16 fighter jets. Their Defense Ministry also said it was forming a special investigation team to probe the local production of the U.S. -designed fighter plane.
A South Korean-manufactured F-16 fighter jet crashed on Thursday south of Seoul but the pilot survived the accident, a South Korean Air Force statement said. It was the second F-16 crash in less than two months.
Two unarmed F-16 Fighting Falcons collided about 60 miles southeast of Atlantic City at 7:55 p.m. (EDT) Sept. 16 during a night recertification training flight.
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