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Radios set to the emergency response channels squawked an unusual message from the Base Command on the morning of November 12 with the announcement that an F-16 was less than 10 minutes out of Baghdad IAP with an in-flight emergency.

A USAF F-16 (believed to be #93-0554) assigned to the 332nd AEW, based at Joint Base Balad, Iraq, caught fire after the pilot aborted the takeoff, at about 5.40h Baghdad time.

A US Air force jet dropped a BDU-33 dummy bomb near the strip in Las Vegas, hitting a truck.

An F-16 from the Air National Guard had to make an emergency landing Wednesday at Fresno Yosemite International Airport, KSEE News reported.

An F-16D Block 52 from the Polish Air Force (PolAF) made a successful emergency landing at Okecie airport in Warsaw at 10.00h local time on Monday, after the crew noticed smoke in the cockpit.

On Tuesday afternoon one of Israel's F-16s based at Nevatim airbase collapsed on to its belly after the passenger pulled the wrong handle causing the landing gear to retract. No injuries were reported.

The Accident Investigation Board report for F-16C block 25 #84-1273 has been released. The conclusion of the investigation says the cause was due to G-Induced Loss of Consciousness (G-LOC).

The Standard-Examiner is reporting that an air force investigation into a strafing incident at the Utah Test and Training Range (UTTR) on April 8 was the fault of the pilot.

US Air Force official have concluded there investigation of the April 2nd accident at Gila Bend Auxiliary Airfield, Arizona. The conclusion of the report says it was pilot error.

The Dutch Ministry of Defence announced via its website that one if its F-16s sustained damage to its landing gear during a take-off from Kandahar airfield.

The IDF/AF will resume training flights of all but seven of its F-16I fighter jets, following a decision by Commander Maj.-Gen. Elazar Shkedy. The fleet had been grounded in late March after routine inspection detected presence of formaldehyde in three jets.

A statement from the Jordanian army said a RJAF F-16 crashed on Sunday during a routine training exercise. The pilot is reported as killed.

Two soldiers in a sport utility vehicle had the scare of their live when an F-16 fighter jet from Hill Air Force Base opened fire on their SUV at the Utah Test and Training Range (UTTR).

A Vermont Air National Guard pilot who took part in a fly-over of the Boston Red Sox baseball team ballpark during opening day ceremonies has been grounded for making an improper maneuver near the park.

An F-16D from the 61st Fighter Squadron slid down the runway with gear up at Gila Bend Auxiliary Field in Arizona on Wednesday morning at 09.10h local time after returning from a training mission.