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F-16 makes emergency landing at Hulman Field with concerns of "trapped fuel"
Feb 10, 2006 - An F-16 jet fighter made an emergency landing at Hulman Field around 16.00h Thursday at Terre Haute International Airport-Hulman Field. [Read more...]
Turkish F-16 crashes shortly after take off, pilot safe
Jan 30, 2006 - An F-16 fighter of the Turkish Air Force crashed in the south eastern province of Diyarbakir shortly before landing, military authorities reported Monday. The pilot of the plane, who was on a training flight, parachuted to safety. [Read more...]
RoKAF F-16C crashes but pilot ejects to safety
Jan 27, 2006 - At around 09.50h today, a South Korean F-16C crashed during a training mission right after it took off at Chung Ju AB, ROK. Its pilot (Maj. Kim, 35yr) ejected safely and is only slightly injured. [Read more...]
Squadron repairs F-16s broken wing
Jan 12, 2006 - The body sat in the hangar - a grotesquely disfigured torso of an F-16 minus the extremities once providing clues to its origin or the history behind its recent demise. [Read more...]
UAE's F-16 Block 60 crashes, pilot survives
Jan 09, 2006 - An F-16 Block 60 of the United Arab Emirates Air Force crashed on Monday morning near Al Ain International Airport. The pilot (USAF) survived the crash but got reportedly injured after ejection. [Read more...]
Crash landing at Lamar Airport linked to engine flaw
Nov 24, 2005 - A fuel leak and subsequent aircraft fire led an F-16 to depart the prepared runway surface and crash while landing at Lamar Airport, Colo., June 28 according to an Air Force report released Nov. 22. [Read more...]
Never too old for the 'Top Gun' fantasy - reporter lives a boyhood dream aboard an F-16
Nov 20, 2005 - I used to want to be a fighter pilot. When the movie "Top Gun" came out in 1986, I was in high school, and nearly every teenage male dreamed of flying a fighter jet. [Read more...]
Egyptian Air Force F-16 mishap
Nov 18, 2005 - On 4 October, an F-16C Block 40 departed from an Egyptian air base on a fourship night surface attack training mission. [Read more...]
F-16 with ruptured fuel tank flies again - thanks to Hill group
Nov 03, 2005 - More than three years after its fuel tank over pressurized and ruptured, an Air Force F-16 is flying again, thanks in large part to technicians from the 649th Combat Logistics Support Squadron and a decommissioned Navy F-16. [Read more...]
Coordination plus cooperation equals success
Oct 30, 2005 - To fly an aircraft in the Montana Air National Guard, it takes many coodinated steps in within the Wing. When aircraft 86-0328 sustained structural damage while in Balad, Iraq last summer, the next mission just became a whole lot difficult. [Read more...]
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