An Air Force Thunderbird F-16 crashed in 2025 when its engine blew up, as did a training jet in New Mexico in 2024. Investigators traced both mishaps to a "blind spot" inside the engine.

Tuesday’s crash in western Germany is the 15th crash of an F-16 Fighting Falcon since 2000, but comes only five days after a similar incident in Michigan. The US Air Force confirmed on Tuesday ...

Grand Traverse County authorities say concerns about toxic fumes and explosion hazards have passed, though residents are still urged to avoid crash debris.

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (CNN) - A US military F-16 fighter jet crashed in Grand Traverse County, Michigan, Thursday afternoon with the pilot ejecting, the Michigan State Police reported. "We have a ...

A late 2025 F-16 crash in California was caused by turned fan blades in the engine and a lost of thrust, forcing the pilot to eject and destroying the jet.

Sept. 22 (UPI) --A U.S. F-16 fighter jet crashed Tuesday afternoon near a U.S. military base in western Germany, military officials said. The pilot ejected safely and is receiving medical care. The ...

Get full access to The Daily Beast for $1 The aircraft had been due to make a high-school flyover on Friday. A U.S. F-16 fighter jet has crashed during a training drill in Michigan, after the Pentagon ...

DETROIT (AP) — An F-16 pilot safely ejected before the fighter jet crashed Thursday in rural Michigan, sending plumes of smoke into the sky and triggering temporary evacuations for nearby residents ...

An F-16 Fighting Falcon from the 149th Fighter Wing of the Texas Air National Guard crashed Thursday in Grand Traverse County, Mich., the unit confirmed. The fighter jet was “on a routine training ...

The pilot of the F-16 military fighter jet that crashed Sept. 17 south of Traverse City might have hit a bird before the dramatic descent that caused the evacuation of nearby homes and exposed people ...