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Taiwan's F-16s Grounded
Mar 31, 1998 - The Republic of China Air Force has grounded its F-16 fighters after a two-seat trainer crashed on 20 March, leaving the two crew members missing at sea. Forty-four of the 150 aircraft ordered in 1992 have been delivered to date. [Read more...]
Taiwanese F-16 pilots still missing
Mar 29, 1998 - On March 20th, a ROCAF F-16 disappeared and presumably crashed over the Taiwan strait. There are still no signs of the missing jet and its two pilots. [Read more...]
Pilot's body found after U.S. F-16 crashes
Mar 25, 1998 - The body of a pilot had been found in the sea, a day after his F-16 crashed off South Korea. A U.S. military statement said search and rescue personnel found the body of the pilot, whom it did not identify, early on Thursday, some 60 miles west of the South Korean city of Osan. [Read more...]
Pilot ejects safely as F-16 crashes at Hill Air Force Base
Mar 24, 1998 - An F-16 pilot ejected safely before his plane crashed onto a runway during an attempted landing at Hill Air Force Base. The pilot, Lt. Col. John Burgess, was treated at the base hospital for minor injuries. [Read more...]
51st Fighter Wing pilot missing after F-16 crash
Mar 24, 1998 - A pilot assigned to the 51st Fighter Wing, Osan AB (South Korea) is missing following the crash of his F-16 Fighting Falcon, on March 25, over the Yellow Sea, about 60 nautical miles west of Osan. The crash occurred at 8:52 p. m. (5:52 a. m. CST) during a combat training mission. [Read more...]
ROCAF Loses an F-16B - Pilots missing
Mar 20, 1998 - The ROCAF lost it's first F-16B (#6828) today. It crashed into the ocean near Ma-Kung (Taiwan). [Read more...]
Pilot error blamed in collision of F-16s off N.J.
Feb 09, 1998 - An Air Force investigation report released Tuesday blamed pilot error for the midair collision of two New Jersey Air National Guard F-16 fighter jets off the Atlantic coast last September. [Read more...]
Birds, error caused U.S. Air Force crash
Jan 29, 1998 - Air Force investigators reported on Thursday that birds and pilot error were responsible for a collision of two military jets over California last year that killed two people. [Read more...]
Hill F-16 crashes over Utah Salt Flats
Jan 09, 1998 - A 388th Fighter Wing F-16C crashed Jan. 8 while flying a simulated bombing mission over the Utah Test and Training Range near Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah, about 100 miles west of Hill AFB. [Read more...]
F-16 Crashes Near Sidney, Texas
Nov 05, 1997 - An Air Force Reserve F-16C from the 4557th FS "spads", 301st FW, Carswell Air Reserve Station, Texas, crashed at approximately 1:15 p. m. Nov. 6th. The aircraft crashed near Sidney, Texas, about 75 miles west-southwest of Fort Worth. The pilot, Col. Thomas A. Dyches, the second-in-command of the Air Force Reserve, ejected safely. At the time of the accident, the aircraft was part of a two-ship formation performing basic fighter maneuvers. The aircraft was carrying no live weapons. [Read more...]
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