Not exactly a “Top Gun” moment. A 300-gallon fuel tank fell from a fighter jet and landed in a Florida neighborhood — narrowly missing an elementary school and ultimately landing in someone’s yard, ...

At the Air & Space Forces Association Warfare Symposium in February 2026, Lockheed Martin publicly displayed a ...

DETROIT, Michigan (WWJ) — An F-16 fighter jet from the Ohio Air National Guard landed safely in Ohio after having an emergency while flying over Michigan. The jet needed to drop two fuel tanks, one of ...

SWANTON, Ohio — An F-16 fighter jet with the 180th Fighter Wing discarded two fuel tanks during an in-flight emergency Wednesday afternoon in northern Michigan, according to a press release from the ...

An F-16 fighter jet dropped a 300-gallon fuel tank Tuesday while flying over a residential part of Niceville, Fla., near its home base at Eglin Air Force Base, service officials said. No one was ...

TAWAS CITY, MI — Malfunctioning fuel tanks on an F-16 fighter jet caused an in-flight emergency during a training exercise over Lake Huron on July 31. The aircraft landed safely at the Eugene F. Kranz ...

Fuel tanks that were dropped July 31, 2024, in Iosco County by a fighter jet from Toledo. (Iosco County Sheriff's Office) IOSCO COUNTY, Mich. – A tank of jet fuel exploded and another landed in a ...

An F-16 fighter jet assigned to Spangdahlem Air Base jettisoned two empty fuel tanks due to an in-flight emergency Thursday, 52nd Fighter Wing officials said. The aircraft landed safely following an ...

The 300-pound fuel tank was attached to an F-16 Fighting Falcon with the 96th Test Wing, according to Eglin Air Force Base in Florida. This is not the jet that dropped the tank. U.S. Air Force ...