The Air Force’s elite Thunderbirds demonstration team is confronting a rare but serious mishap after one of its F-16C Fighting Falcon jets went down in the California desert during a training mission, ...

USAF Thunderbirds fly a demonstration routine in F-16 Fighting Falcons, holding tight formation with visual references. The ...

An Air Force Thunderbird F-16 crashed in 2025, as did a training jet in 2024. Investigators traced both mishaps to an engine ...

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.

The pilot was in stable condition after losing control of the fighter jet near Trona, Calif., about 180 miles northeast of Los Angeles. By Neil Vigdor and Jesus Jiménez An F-16 fighter jet with the ...

Tailwind, the official mascot of the Air Force Marathon, holding the logo for the 2026 marathon from the cockpit of an F-16 Thunderbird on Wednesday, April 22, at the Museum of the U.S. Air Force. The ...

A pilot with the U.S. Air Force's elite Thunderbirds flight-demonstration team died Wednesday when the pilot's F-16 crashed near Nellis Air Force Base outside Las Vegas. The Thunderbirds pilot died ...

FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – An F-16 Thunderbird fighter jet from Nellis Air Force Base crashed near China Lake in San Bernardino County, California, on Wednesday, according to the county’s fire ...

One school in rural Ohio is the proud owner of its own aircraft in the shape of a retired F-16 fighter, the jet flown by the US Air Force's Thunderbirds air demonstration squadron. Unfortunately for ...