Thunderbird crash: An F-16 Thunderbird crashed Wednesday, December 3, in a remote desert area just south of the Trona Airport, near the edge of Death Valley National Park, leaving the pilot with only ...

A U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds F-16C Fighting Falcon crashed in the California desert, turning a routine training flight into a stark reminder of the risks that come with high-performance military ...

A Thunderbird F-16C crashed during a training mission near Trona Airport, California. The pilot safely ejected from the aircraft and sustained moderate injuries. The incident occurred close to Naval ...

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

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 ...

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.

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 ...

Capt. Reed “Roller” Barrett remembers growing up in Cheyenne and watching the U.S. Air Force’s Thunderbirds aerial demonstration team come to town each summer during Cheyenne Frontier Days.