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F-16 crashes in Arizona, pilot ejected safely
Feb 02, 1999 - An Air Force F-16 from Luke Air Force Base, Ariz., crashed on to at raining range near Yuma, Ariz., just before 10 a. m. Feb 3. The pilot, 1st Lt. Esther Obert, ejected safely. [Read more...]
Cannon F-16C accident investigation report released
Jan 28, 1999 - Air Combat Command released the Aircraft Accident Investigation Report Jan. 26 on the Sept. 1 F-16C crash 25 miles south of Fort Sumner, N.M. [Read more...]
Taiwanese F-16B crashes near Taitung AB
Jan 24, 1999 - ROCAF F-16B #6813 crashed in a tea plantation near Taitung AB. Sadly, the crew did not survive. An earlier announcement by the air force had claimed that the fighter disappeared over the sea, and said a search and rescue operation had been launched. [Read more...]
U.S. military begins investigating F-16 crash
Jan 21, 1999 - A team from the 35th Fighter Wing at Misawa Air Base began an investigation into why a USAF F-16 crashed in northern Japan on Thursday. [Read more...]
Second U.S. F-16 crash in two days in Japan
Jan 20, 1999 - A Japan-based U.S. F-16 crashed in the north of the country on Thursday, the second accident in two days. A U.S. Air Force F-16 from Misawa Air Base crashed in a wooded area of Kamaishi, a city about 140 km (85 miles) south of Misawa, while on a routine training mission. [Read more...]
F-16D accident investigation report released
Jan 12, 1999 - Air Combat Command released the Aircraft Accident Investigation Report Jan. 12 on the Sept. 12 F-16D crash near Avon Park, Fla. [Read more...]
78th F-16CJ Crash Caused by Bearing Failure
Dec 03, 1998 - An F-16CJ from the 78th Fighter Squadron at Shaw AFB, S. C., crashed July 22 because of the failure of a "critical bearing in a linkage that controls air flow" to its General Electric F110 turbofan, the U.S. Air Force says. The pilot ejected safely, but the aircraft was destroyed. [Read more...]
Cannon F-16D crashes during incentive flight
Dec 03, 1998 - An Air Force F-16D from Cannon AFB crashed at 0900h, Dec. 4th, about 30 miles south of Fort Sumner, New Mexico. The aircraft was flying an incentive flight at the time of the incident. [Read more...]
ANG F-16 crashes, pilot safely ejects
Nov 19, 1998 - An Indiana Air National Guard F-16 from the 181st Fighter Wing, crashed Nov. 17 at 2:40 p.m. in a remote area of the Jefferson Proving Ground near Madison, Indiana. [Read more...]
Hill AFB pilot killed in F-16 crash
Nov 12, 1998 - The pilot of an F-16 was killed when the aircraft crashed at the north portion of the Utah Test and Training Range at 3 p.m. Nov. 9. [Read more...]
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