#f-16
#f-16
[ follow ]
#ukraine #aircraft-crash #military-training #military-aid #air-force #emergency-response #san-bernardino-county
fromLos Angeles Times
6 days agoU.S. Air Force Thunderbirds jet crashes near Death Valley, pilot survives
The pilot safely ejected from the aircraft and was in stable condition, according to U.S. Air Force Sgt. Jovante Johnson. The F-16C Fighting Falcon was assigned to the Air Force Thunderbirds, an aerial acrobatic demonstration team based at Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada, Johnson said in an email. The crash took place at around 10:45 a.m. during a training mission, he wrote. The cause of the crash is under investigation.
US news
US news
fromBusiness Insider
1 week agoA US F-16 pilot outflew enemy missiles with extreme high-G turns for 15 minutes during a Middle East mission
A US F-16 pilot outflew a 15-minute barrage of surface-to-air missiles, executing extreme high-G maneuvers and countermeasures as warheads detonated feet from his jet.
World news
fromBusiness Insider
3 months agoVenezuela buzzed an American destroyer with US-made F-16s amid a Caribbean standoff
Venezuelan F-16s flew close to a US Navy destroyer in international waters, prompting Pentagon condemnation and heightened US-Venezuela tensions amid counter-narcotics operations.
[ Load more ]