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Two More F-16 In-Flight Emergencies:

Posted by Tom Kwiatkowski Sr. - 309C on 10/26/2009, 12:17 pm
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From airforce-magazine.com Two More F-16 In-Flight Emergencies: Two more F-16 fighters—one from Hill AFB, Utah, and one from Luke AFB, Ariz.—last week suffered problems that prompted emergency landings. A Vermont Air National Guard F-16 also recently developed a problem that required the pilot to jettison his external fuel tanks before attempting a landing. At Hill, a pilot with the 388th Fighter Wing had to jettison external fuel tanks and munitions shortly after takeoff. A bomb dropped on a shed near where ordnance is stored and exploded, demolishing the shed and a nearby transformer, reports The Salt Lake Tribune. The pilot landed safely. The Luke pilots in a two-seat F-16D had to make a hard landing short of the runway at Wickenburg Municipal Airport after losing engine power, according to a Luke release. They walked away safely. (This ABC15 report has slides showing the fighter in the dirt.) Vermont Viper Drops Fuel Tanks http://www.airforce-magazine.com/DRArchive/Pages/2009/October%202009/October%2019%202009/VermontViperDropsFuelTanks.aspx The Salt Lake Tribune Report http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_13621703 Luke Air Force Base Release http://www.luke.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123174128 ABC15.com Report http://www.abc15.com/content/news/centralsouthernarizona/wickenburg/story/F-16-makes-hard-landing-at-Wickenburg-airport/xP2ycDzD50-sT2nD9TEjTQ.cspx

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