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F-16s collide on tarmac at Nellis
A row of F-16s from the 301st Fighter Wing, NAS Fort Worth on October 8th, 2004. [Photo by <a href="http://www.pbase.com/keith1959/f16" target="new">Keith Robinson</a>]
Aug 18, 2015 - Two F-16s (#85-1546 & #85-1549) collided shortly after landing at Nellis Air Force Base on Saturday morning around 11:20h. The jets, assigned to the 301st Fighter Wing, Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base in Fort Worth, Texas returned from a flight operation to the base outside Las Vegas. [Read more...]
F-16 Viper Demo team honors Capt Will "Pyro" Dubois
A USAF F-16C block 30 in formation with a P-51 'Febuary' during the Heritage portion of the demo. [Photo by Anthony Cornelius]
Aug 17, 2015 - The F-16 Viper demo team traveled to Colorado to tear up the Colorado foothills for the annual Rocky Mountain Airshow held at Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport during the weekend of the 14th-16th. While the Viper Demo team has performed in Colorado multiple times in the past, this show was a little bit unique. [Read more...]
US F-16 crashes in Germany - Pilot safe
USAF F-16C block 50 #91-0366 from the 480th FS is seen in the static display at RAF Fairford during the RIAT on July 16th, 2011. [Photo by Asif Shamim]
Aug 11, 2015 - A pilot ejected from a U.S. F-16 before it crashed Tuesday morning around 09:00h in a forested area in southern Germany. He parachuted to safety but suffered minor injuries which required medical attention, according to a local police spokesman. [Read more...]
NTSB release preliminary report on Cessna/F-16 crash
USAF F-16C block 50 #96-0085 assigned to the 55th FS (still in 78th FS markings) is armed with an AIM-120 AMRAAM while in flight over the Gulf of Mexico participating in exercise Combat Archer on August 27th, 2003. [USAF photo by TSgt. Michael Ammons]
Jul 29, 2015 - On July 7, 2015, at 11:00 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 150M, N3601V, and a Lockheed-Martin F-16CM, #96-0085 operated by the U.S. Air Force (USAF), collided in midair near Moncks Corner, South Carolina. [Read more...]
F-16 collides with Cessna over South Carolina
This is what is left of the engine of USAF F-16C block 50 #96-0085 from the 55th FS after it collided with a Cessna C150 on July 7th, 2015. [Photo by Amy Ramsey Dye]
Jul 07, 2015 - An F-16 collided with a Cessna C 150 midair about 11 miles north of Charleston, South Carolina this morning, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. [Read more...]
Iraqi Air Force F-16 crashed during night training mission
IqAF F-16C #1607 is coming in to land with brakes opened at Tucson IAP on January 23rd, 2015. [Check Six Photography photo by Roy G.]
Jun 25, 2015 - An Iraqi F-16 assigned to the 162nd Wing, Arizona ANG, crashed sometime around 20.00h today, five miles east of Douglas Municipal Airport, while partaking in a night training mission. The Iraqi pilot, Brig. Gen. Rasid Mohammed Sidq, is believed to have been killed in this mishap. [Read more...]
Thai F-16 skids off taxiway at Korat
RTAF F-16A ADF #10208 from 102 sqn is wrecked after it skidded off a taxiway before crashing into a ditch at Korat AB on June 24th, 2015. [Photo by Prasit Tangprasert]
Jun 24, 2015 - A Thai Air Force F-16 from 102 Squadron skidded off a taxiway and crashed into a drainage ditch at Korat Air Base at 13:00h local time today. The pilot ejected and was slightly hurt. [Read more...]
Moroccan F-16 crashes over Yemen
Moroccan F-16 (#08-8008) crashed in Yemen on May 10th, 2015.
May 11, 2015 - A Moroccan F-16 (#08-8008) taking part in the Saudi Arabian-led coalition fighting in Yemen went missing on Sunday, the Moroccan Royal Armed Forces said in a statement. [Read more...]
TNI-AU F-16C catches fire before take-off
TNI-AU F-16C block 25 #TS-1643 is seen being lifted off the runway after catching fire at Halim Perdanakusuma Airport, Jakarta on April 16th, 2015. [TNI-AU photo]
Apr 16, 2015 - A TNI-AU F-16C block 25, serial #TS-1643 caught fire just before take-off today at Halim Perdanakusuma Airport. [Read more...]
Misawa F-16s make emergency landing at Japanese airport
Two USAF F-16C block 50 from 35 FW flying beside a KC-135 tanker on a refuelling mission out of Misawa AB over the Sea of Japan in August of 2004. [Photo by Jared Grimmer]
Apr 15, 2015 - Two U.S. Air Force F-16 fighter jets made an emergency landing at a Japanese airport Wednesday, according to officials from Misawa Air Base. [Read more...]
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