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Belgian F-16 crashes - Pilot parachutes into trees
BAF F-16AM #FA-99 from 31 sqn is the Belgian participant to the MLU M5 software update course held at Leeuwarden AFB on April 15th, 2008. [Photo by Leeuwarden]
Aug 16, 2012 - Belgian Air Force F16AM FA-99 crashed right outside the airbase in Kleine-Brogel around 15.15h. The incident is most likely due to an engine stall caused by a bird strike. [Read more...]
Israeli F-16I damaged during aerial refuelling exercise
The first F-16I Sufa (#407) refueling from a USAF KC-135 during the delivery flight to Ramon Air Force base in the Negev on Feb 19th 2004. [IDF/AF photo]
Jul 27, 2012 - Israeli new media reported an F-16I 'Sufa' sustained damage during an aerial refuelling exercise which resulted in the boom on the Boeing 707 'Reem' tanker to disintegrate. [Read more...]
F-16 pilot rescued at sea returns to Misawa
A pilot in USAF F-16C block 50 #90-0810 from the 14th FS waves as he taxis before take off at Misawa AB on March 27th, 2011. Fifteen F-16s and approximately 250 maintenance and support personnel deployed to Kunsan AB. [USAF photo by SSgt. Marie Brown]
Jul 27, 2012 - The fighter pilot who was rescued at sea earlier this week after his jet went down in the Pacific Ocean returned home to Misawa Air Base on Friday. [Read more...]
F-16C jet crashes off coast of Hokkaido
Maj. Michael Driscoll, 13th FS pilot, takes off in F-16C block 50 #94-0038 from the 13th FS just before dawn from Misawa AB on February 3rd, 2010. [USAF photo by SSgt. Samuel Morse]
Jul 22, 2012 - An F-16C crashed into the Pacific Ocean off the coast of northern Japan today. The pilot ejected and was rescued according to the Japanese Coast Guard some six hours after the aircraft went down. [Read more...]
F-16 crashes at Utah Test and Training Range
USAF F-16C block 40 #88-0433 as seen on June 25th, 2006 at Hill AFB. This aircraft was first delivered to the 34th TFS on October 12th, 1989. Since then the aircraft has returned again to the 34th FS after a stint with the 75th FS, 524th FS and the 421st FS. [Photo by Duane Kaiser]
May 04, 2012 - A USAF F-16 Fighting Falcon (#88-0433), assigned to the 388th Fighter Wing, crashed at the Utah Test and Training Range at approximately 08:35h local time on May 4. [Read more...]
Chilean F-16BM makes belly landing
FACh F-16BM #735 from 8 gruppo sits on its belly on the runway at Cerro Moreno AB on March 30th, 2012 after suffering a landing gear malfunction. [FACh photo]
Mar 30, 2012 - An F-16B MLU of the Chilean Air Force (FACh) encountered a problem during landing at its home base of Cerro Moreno near the city of Antofagasta in the north of Chile on March 30, 2012. Hydraulic failure prevented the landing gear from being extended, forcing the aircraft to perform a belly landing. [Read more...]
F-16 from 36 FS crashes near Kunsan
USAF F-16C block 40 #89-2014 from the 36th FS is coming in for landing at Osan AFB. [<a href="http://skywarrior.cool.ne.jp/index.htm.htm" target="new">Skywarrior</a> photo by N.O.B.]
Mar 21, 2012 - Airforce officials report that an F-16C block 40 from 36 FS based at Osan has crashed today near Kunsan Air Base, during a routine training mission. The pilot safely ejected. [Read more...]
Aggressor F-16 rolls off Saipan runway
USAF F-16C block 30 #86-0310 from the 18th AS is flying over a closed cloud cover on June 11th, 2008. Note the '11AF ' titles on the tail. [Photo by Maarten Peters]
Feb 21, 2012 - An F-16C from the 18th Aggressor squadron (#86-0310) made an emergency landing during a Cope North 12 training mission in the U.S. territory of Saipan, no injuries were reported. [Read more...]
100th FS F-16C accident report released
USAF F-16C block 30 #87-0296 from the 100th FS is seen with its nose in soft ground after it overran the runway at Oshkosh AP on July 28th, 2011. [Photo by <a href="http://www.fotodj.com" target="new">Dariusz Jezewski]</a>
Feb 21, 2012 - Extreme fogging in the aircraft cockpit caused an F-16C Fighting Falcon (#87-0296) to depart the runway July 28, 2011, at the Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh, Wisc., according to an Air Combat Command Accident Investigation Board report released today. [Read more...]
Osan F-16C aborts take-off during exercise
USAF F-16C block 40 #88-0538 from the 36th FS burns some rubber after landing during an operational readiness exercise at Osan AB on July 23rd, 2008. [USAF photo by SrA. Christopher Boitz]
Feb 02, 2012 - An Air Force F-16C Fighting Falcon aircraft experienced an engine malfunction during take-off during Operational Readiness Exercise Beverly Bulldog 12-01 at approximately 12.30h, local time on February 1st. [Read more...]
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