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Sep 15, 2003 - An Air Force Thunderbird F-16C crashed and exploded during an air show in Mountain Home, Idaho, Sunday afternoon. The pilot managed to eject from the F-16 and was uninjured. [Read more...]

USAF F-16 crashes in South Korea

Sep 09, 2003 - An American F-16C belonging to the 35th FS crashed during a routine training mission today in South Korea at about 10:05am local time. The pilot ejected safely. [Read more...]

RNoAF losses of F-16 from 1981 till 2003

Aug 05, 2003 - Since the Norwegian Air Force got the F-16 in 1980, it has lost/damaged 19 F-16s and six aircrews. Below is a little about the various crashes and accidents and serials. The latest crash was on June 4th 2003. [Read more...]

Taiwanese Air Force wants to sue Lockheed Martin

Jul 18, 2003 - The manufacturer of an F-16 fighter that crashed In Taiwan four years ago should pay compensation for the loss of the plane, the Taiwanes air force said in this month's edition of one of its internal publications. [Read more...]

F-16 engine defect not as widespread as thought

Jul 18, 2003 - An engine problem that grounded most the F-16 jet fighters at Luke Air Force Base two weeks ago is being repaired by crews working around the clock, and the base says it will graduate all its fighter pilots on time. [Read more...]

Luke officials ground F-16s

Jul 03, 2003 - A mechanical problem uncovered in the investigation of an F-16 crash last month near Gila Bend has forced the Air Force to ground an unspecified number of F-16s, including some used in Iraq, Afghanistan, South Korea and Bosnia. [Read more...]

Second Luke F-16 crashes this week

Jun 14, 2003 - An F-16 (#85-1445) crashed at 09.30h at the Gila Bend Air Force Auxiliary Field, about five miles south of Gila Bend. This is the second such crash in three days involving an F-16 from Luke Air Force Base. [Read more...]

US Air Force F-16 crashes southwest of Baghdad

Jun 12, 2003 - A U.S. Air Force F-16CG from Hill AFB crashed today at approximately 6:30 am local time today southwest of Baghdad. The pilot, a captain with Hill Air Force Base's 388th Fighter Wing in Utah, ejected safely and was rescued within an hour by a combat search and rescue team. [Read more...]

F-16 crashes in Arizona, pilot survives

Jun 11, 2003 - Yesterday in the late afternoon, an F-16 (#88-0451) based at Luke Air Force Base crashed during a training at the Barry M. Goldwater Range about 15 miles south of Gila Bend (Southern Arizona). The pilot, Captain David O'Malley, safely ejected prior to the crash. [Read more...]

Turkish F-16s buzz Greek passenger plane

Jun 09, 2003 - Today, two Turkish F-16s flew close to an Olympic Airways Boeing 717 in Greek airspace, triggering the crash avoidance alarm and prompting a protest by the Greek Foreign Ministry. The passenger plane (flight 321) was en route from Athens to Istanbul. [Read more...]

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