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Chronological Listing of United States Air Force PHOTO TO ADD
F-16
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16th February 2000 12:10 |
USAF |
F-16C Block 42F |
89-2094 'LF' |
63 FS | Diverted to Gila Bend |
Major Anthony Barrell ejected |
ACES II | |
| 16th February 2000 |
USAF |
F-16D Block 40J |
90-0794 'MY' |
68
FS Moody AB |
Night goggle training mission. Crashed eight kilometres north of Donalsonville, Georgia | ACES II | ||
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Major Charles B. Kearney ejected safely |
First Lieutenant Christopher Hutchins ejected safely |
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| Recovered by by 41st Rescue Squadron SH-60G’s | ||||||||
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21st March 2000 12:45 |
USAF |
F-16 |
20th FW Shaw Air Force Base in Sumter, S.C |
Airshow. Crashed into an empty field several miles north of Naval Air Station Kingsville |
Maj. Brison Phillips killed |
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16th June 2000 07:45 |
USAF |
F-16C Block 25E |
84-1311 'LF' |
309 FS | Crashed on the Barry M. Goldwater range, Arizona | First Lieutenant Doyle Pompa ejected safely | ACES II | |
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21st June 2000 |
USAF |
F-16C Block 40A |
87-0357 'HL' |
421 FS | Birdstrike Pelican hit the canopy. Cold Lake Air Weapons Range, Alberta, Canada |
Captain Richard Pietrykowski ejected face injuries |
ACES II | |
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8th August 2000 17:00 |
USAF |
F-16C Block 42D |
88-0542 'OT' |
422 TES | Mid-air collision near Morman Mesa |
Major David Kossler ejected |
ACES II | |
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8th August 2000 17:00 |
USAF |
F-16C Block ??? |
90-0809 'OT' |
422 TES | Mid-air collision near Morman Mesa, landed safely with damage |
Major Brandon Sweat landed OK |
ACES II | |
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Monday 28th August 2000 |
USAF |
F-16C Fighting Falcon |
457th Fighter Squadron 301st Fighter Wing |
Returning from a training mission to NAS Fort Worth from Hill Air Force Base, Utah crashed near Tulia, Texas |
Maj. Stephen W. Simons Air Force Reserve Command pilot killed |
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31st August 2000 15:40 |
USAF |
F-16C Block 25A | engine problems. Crashed into the Atlantic one mile off the coast of Brigantine, New Jersey. | Pilot ejected safely at 1,700 feet | ACES II | |||
| Rescued by police boat, later transferred to a Coast Guard ship | ||||||||
| 12th October 2000 |
USAF |
F-16C Block 42F |
89-2088 'OK' |
125 FS OK ANG |
Crashed into field near Atlanta, Kansas |
Pilot ejected minor injuries |
ACES II | |
| 27th October 2000 |
USN |
F/A‑18C |
164232 AJ 412 |
VFA‑87 |
collided at night with another F/A18C which landed safely Smith Creek Valley, 55 M E of NAS Fallon, NV, USA |
pilot ejected safely | Martin-Baker NACES | |
| 13th November 2000 |
USAF |
F-16C Block 50 |
90-0801 'WW' |
14 FS | mid-air collision Sea of Japan off Orel island, 400 M N of Tokyo, Japan |
Captain Warren B. Sneed missing presumed dead WHO WAS IN WHICH AIRCRAFT ??? |
![]() photo Stars & Stripes Colonel Michael Lepper ejected - recovered |
ACES II |
| 13th November 2000 |
USAF |
F-16C Block 50A |
90-0811 'WW' |
14 FS | ACES II | |||
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16th November 2000 15:56 |
USAF |
F-16C Block 40G |
89-2104 'MY' |
68 FS [aircraft was on loan to the 69 FS] |
Mid-air collision at 1,200 feet with a civilian Cessna 172N (N73829) near Sarasota, Florida |
Captain Greg Kreuder ejected |
ACES II | |
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13th December 2000 13:50 |
USAF |
F-16C Block 30D |
86-0313 'CC' |
523 FS |
Engine failure and Fire. Crashed east of Panama City at Apalachicola, Florida |
Lieutenant Colonel John C. Harrison [83rd FWS at Tyndal AFB, Florida]. Rescued by a Coast Guard helicopter |
ACES II | |
| 16th February 2001 |
USAF |
89-0094 |
63rd FS Luke AFB |
Maj. Anthony Barrel | ||||
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Wednesday 21st March 2001 11:05 a.m. MST |
USAF |
F-16C Block 30J |
87-0330 'CC' |
522 FS Cannon Air Force Base |
Engine failure Crashed Melrose Bombing Range, New Mexico | Capt. Dawn Hokaj ejected suffered only minor injuries transported by ambulance to the Cannon Air Force Base Medical Clinic |
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ACES II |
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3rd April 2001 16:20 |
USAF |
F-16D Block 50A |
'WW' |
13th FS, 35th FW Misawa AB, Aomori Prefecture [also seen as 14th FS] |
Crashed into Pacific Ocean 12 miles northwest of Misawa, Japan, near Amagamori bombing range |
First Lieutenant Mark Hadley ejected rescued from dinghy by JMSDF helicopter |
ACES II | |
| 12th June 2001 |
USAF |
F-16C Block 40F |
89-2063 'WP' |
35 FS | Crashed crashed into a rice paddy forty miles southeast of Kunsan AB, Korea |
Lieutenant Randolph E. Murff ejected out of seat envelope killed |
ACES II | |
| 16th June 2001 |
USAF |
F-16 | 84-0311 |
309th FS Luke AFB |
1st Lt. Doyle Pompa | ACES II | ||
| 6th July 2001 |
USAF |
F-16 | 90-0815 | Shaw AFB |
Crashed into the Atlantic Ocean off Charleston. |
Capt. Mitchell A. Bulmann ejected killed |
ACES II | |
| 17th July 2001 |
USAF |
F-16B |
416th TFS Edwards AFB California |
crashed in mountains near the California-Nevada border |
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Major Aaron George killed |
Judson P. Brohmer [aviation photographer] killed |
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| 18th July 2001 |
USAF |
F-16C Block 40E |
89-2050 'AV' |
510 FS 31st FW |
Operation Northern Watch mission Engine failure. Crashed 11 miles east of Batman, Turkey |
Captain Michael Nelson ejected safely at 2000 feet |
ACES II | |
| 23rd July 2001 |
USAF |
F-16D Block 42A |
88-0167 'LF' |
308th FS 56th FW Luke AFB |
Fasteners came loose in engine which caught fire, N of Gila Bend, AZ, USA | ACES II | ||
| Maj. Robert P. "Bob" Egan ejected safely | ||||||||
| 26th July 2001 |
USAF |
F‑16C |
86‑0226 TH |
113th FS IN ANG | nr Parkersburg, IL, USA | pilot ejected safely | ACES II | |
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26th July 2001 14:40 |
USAF |
F-16C Block 30C |
86-0226 'TH' |
113 FS | Crashed near Parkersburg, Illinois | Major Patrick Wade, ejected safely | ACES II | |
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17th October 2001 21:50 |
USAF |
F-16C Block 40D |
88-0533 'HL' |
4 FS | Night training. Nose wheel tyre burst. Went off the runway during takeoff roll at Hill AFB |
Captain Casey J. Tidgewell ejected. Minor injuries |
ACES II | |
| 24th October 2001 |
USAF |
F-16 |
84-0217 or 84-1217 Confirm??? |
62nd FS Luke AFB |
ran off runway during landing | Maj. Yarema Sos | ACES II | |
| 10th January 2002 |
USAF |
F-16C Block 25A |
83-1133 'AC' |
119 FS NJ ANG |
Crashed near Warren Grove Weapons Training Range, New Jersey |
Major Robert G. McNally ejected safely. sustained minor injuries |
ACES II | |
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20th March 2002 21:00 |
USAF |
F-16 ? Block ??? | ??? |
23rd Fighter Squadron 52nd Fighter Wing SPANGDAHLEM AIR BASE, Germany |
night training mission. Crashed in a flat, wooded, unpopulated area along a logging road near Lanscheid, Germany about two miles from the runway while on final approach | Capt. Luke A. Johnson | ||
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15th April 2002 11:29 |
USAF |
F-16C Block 50P |
92-3919 'WW' |
14 FS | Engine problems. Crashed near the town of Tanosawa, Japan |
Maj. Chad Miller ejected minor injuries |
ACES II | |
| 9th September 2002 |
USAF |
F-16 | 522nd Fighter Squadron | training mission |
Capt. Benton Zettel killed |
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| 11th September 2002 |
USAF |
F-16C Block 30E |
86-0348 'AL' |
160 FS | Engine problems. Crashed near Bobby Chain Airport in Hattiesburg, Mississippi |
Major Charles Toplikar ejected safely minor injuries |
ACES II | |
| Friday 25th October 2002 |
USAF |
F‑16C | 89‑2006 |
4th
FS 388th FW HILL AIR FORCE BASE |
collided with F‑16 89‑2111 and crashed 25 M SE of Wendover, Utah Test & Training Range, UT, USA |
Capt. David Roszmann, ejected safely from his aircraft and was rescued [also seen as Rozemann] |
ACES II | |
| Friday 25th October 2002 |
USAF |
F‑16C | 89‑2111 |
4th
FS 388th FW HILL AIR FORCE BASE |
collided with F‑16 89‑2006and crashed 25 M SE of Wendover, Utah Test & Training Range, UT, USA | pilot 1st Lt. Jorma D. Huhtala, was found on Saturday several miles from where his plane | Was he thrown from the aircraft or did he attempt ejection | |
| 13th November 2002 |
USAF |
F‑16 | 419th FW | Combat training mission. Crashed over the Utah Test and Training Range, 25 miles northeast of Wendover, Utah |
Lt. Col. Dillon L. McFarland killed |
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| 18th December 2002 |
USAF |
F-16C Block 40C |
88-0457 'HL' |
4 FS Hill AB |
mid air collision. Both aircraft returned to air base damaged | ACES II | ||
| 18th December 2002 |
USAF |
F-16C Block 40F |
89-2072 'HL' |
4 FS Hill AB |
ACES II | |||
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29th May 2003 20:06 |
USAF |
F-16C Block 40E |
89-2052 'OS' |
36 FS Osan AB, Korea |
Two ducks were sucked into the intake on take off. Crashed at the end of the runway. | pilot ejected safely | ACES II | |
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10th June 2003 16:50 |
USAF |
F-16C Block 42C |
88-0451 'LF' |
310 FS 56th FW |
Engine problems. Crashed at Barry M. Goldwater training range in Arizona | Captain David O’Malley | ACES II | |
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12th June 2003 06:30 |
USAF |
F-16C Block 40B |
88-0424 'HL' |
421 FS | Engine flame out on way to link up with tanker external tanks did not feed,. Crashed near Baghdad, Iraq | pilot ejected safely, recovered safely by friendly forces | ACES II | |
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13th June 2003 |
USAF |
F‑16C | 85‑1445 | 61st FS/56th FW |
Birdstrike with a turkey vulture which was ingested by engine which then failed 5 M S of Gila Bend, on Barry M Goldwater range, AZ, USA |
pilot ejected safely | ACES II | |