Firefighters from the 447th ECES respond to an emergency landing by F-16C block 50 #90-0824 from the 14th FS at Sather AB on November 12th, 2008. The pilot was nearing the end of an extended combat sortie in coordination with ground forces in the area when an engine malfunction warning prompted him to declare an in-flight emergency and seek to land at the nearest suitable airfield. [USAF photo by MSgt. Brian Davidson]
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News: Sather AB responds to a F-16 in-flight emergency [2008-11-19]
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.
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