Chronological Listing of United States Air Force

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F-16
Losses and Ejections
 

Part 1
1978 - 1989
Part 2
1990 - 1999
Part 3
2000 - Present
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
Major Charles B. Kearney
ejected safely
First Lieutenant Christopher Hutchins
ejected safely
 
Recovered by by 41st Rescue Squadron SH-60G’s
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
   
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
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
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
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
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
   
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
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
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    
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 ACES II
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  
photo LM
 
Major Aaron George
killed
Judson P. Brohmer
[aviation photographer]
killed
 
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
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
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
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    
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
   
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
   
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
                 
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
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
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
 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