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Third F-16 forced to land at Syracuse Airport
Nov 08, 2004 - For the third time in less than two weeks an F16 Fighting Falcon was forced to make an emergency landing at Syracuse Hancock International Airport. [Read more...]
F-16 "Fly-by shooting" on New Jersey school
Nov 04, 2004 - An ANG F-16 Viper from the 121st FS/113th FW at Andrews AFB, on a nighttime training mission in New Jersey, accidentally fired 25 rounds of ammunition that tore through an elementary school last night. Luckily, no one got injured. [Read more...]
Dutch F-16 crash lands in Kyrgyzstan
Nov 04, 2004 - A Dutch F-16 (J-637) damaged part of its undercarriage when it landed in Kyrgyzstan today, forcing the authorities to close its main civilian airport. The accident happened in the afternoon when the jet's nose wheel suddenly collapsed seconds after it landed at Manas civilian airport. [Read more...]
F-16 makes emergency landing at Syracuse
Nov 02, 2004 - An F-16 Fighting Falcon belonging to the Air National Guard's 174th Fighter Wing made an emergency landing yesterday at Syracuse International Airport. The jet blew two tires while landing but nobody got hurt. [Read more...]
Two Greek F-16D jets crashed - pilots did not survive
Oct 14, 2004 - Two Greek F-16 Fighting Falcons, each with a crew of two aboard, disappeared from radar screens yesterday at around 3:00 pm. The planes were on a training flight near Pilio mountain, central Greece. [Read more...]
RoCAF F-16 makes emergency landing at Chiayi AF
Oct 07, 2004 - On 13 September 2004, a RoCAF F-16A Block 20 Fighting Falcon with serial number #6651, made an emergency landing at Chiayi AFB, Republic of China (Taiwan) Air Force. [Read more...]
Loss of situational awareness led to fatal F-16 collision
Aug 31, 2004 - A pilot's momentary loss of situational awareness caused two F-16 Fighting Falcons to collide May 17 over southwestern Indiana, according to a U.S. Air Force report released on Monday. [Read more...]
Human factors caused RSAF F-16 crash in Arizona
Aug 30, 2004 - The crash of the Singapore Air Force F-16 fighter jet in Arizona on May 18th was solely caused by human factors, an inquiry by the RSAF has found, ruling out negligence or foul play. [Read more...]
Landing gear failed on Danish F-16
Aug 13, 2004 - At approximately 12.00h yesterday, RDAF F-16BM #ET-204 suffered a mishap at Aalborg AB during the practice of touch-and-gos. The landing gear collapsed and the aircraft came to a halt on its belly with apparently only minor damage. [Read more...]
120th FW F-16C left runway at Balad AB
Jul 12, 2004 - An F-16C Fighting Falcon skidded from the runway and came to rest on its targeting pod system, ordnance and external fuel tank at Balad Air Base, Iraq on July 11th. [Read more...]
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