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Japan lodges a formal complaint after footage appears on YouTube of a US F-16 fighter jet based at Misawa Air Base in Aomori flying at high speed and low altitude through mountains in an apparent breach of regulations. Japanese law prohibits aircraft from descending below 150 feet in non-residential areas.
2018-04-30

A United States F-16C fighter jet crashes during a landing attempt at Lake Havasu City Municipal Airport, Lake Havasu City, Arizona. The pilot escapes via ejection and is hospitalised.
2018-04-24

Iraqi Air Force F-16 jets attack an Islamic State explosives factory and other positions inside Syria near the city of Hajin in coordination with the Syrian Armed Forces.
2018-04-19

A U.S. Air Force F-16 crashes at the Nevada Test and Training Range near Las Vegas.
2018-04-4

The U.S. State Department has approved a package of potential arms sales worth more than USD$ 3.8 billion to the Kingdom of Bahrain including F-16 jets, upgrades, missiles and patrol boats.
2017-09-8

A military JLENS blimp from the United States Army broke loose from its moorings at the Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland, and drifted over 16,000 ft above Pennsylvania. F-16 Fighter jets were scrambled to track the blimp that has since deflated, causing widespread power outages from a long cable it dragged along the ground.
2015-10-28

A United States Air Force F-16 collides with a privately-owned Cessna to the north of Charleston, South Carolina. The pilot of the jet ejects safely, but the Cessna breaks up mid-air, killing the two unidentified occupants.
2015-07-7

The Pakistani Taliban claims to have shot down a Pakistani Air Force F-16, and releases pictures of the wreckage.
2014-09-21

American fighter aircraft F-16 flying out of Aviano Air Base loses radio contact and crashes in the Adriatic Sea. [https:--www.reuters.com-article-2013-01-29-us-fighter-crash-idUSBRE90R11Z20130129 (Reuters)] [http:--www.businessinsider.com-report-us-f-16-goes-down-off-italian-coast-2013-1 (Business Insider)] [http:--news.msn.com-us-us-fighter-jet-may-have-crashed-in-adriatic-sea (MSN News)]date=April 2020
2013-01-28

Two Greek F-16 planes collide mid-air south of Crete; 2 out of 3 pilots are rescued.
2010-08-26