Two F-16s Collide Over Utah's West Desert

KSL-TV ^ | 25 Oct. 2002 | KSL-TV Staff

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

As of 6 PM Mountain time, one pilot is alive with cuts and bruises. The status of the other pilot is still unknown.

[anniegetyourgun]

Oh my....prayers for the other....

[swheats]

4 planes down, how many more before our air arsenal be depleted?

Safety to our pilots.

[JRandomFreeper]

Prayers for those that fly and fight.

/john

[El Gato]

4 planes down, how many more before our air arsenal be depleted?

Not as many as I'd feel comfortable with. However these incidents may indicate a stepped up training tempo, in preparation for giving Saddam "what 'fer". However they may also reflect deployment of many of the support/maintainence folks in support of current activities "over there". If so, it's not a good sign. A Mid Air Crash usually isn't the sort of thing that a maintainenc problem causes though.

[Bill Davis FR]

islam did it

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

Have you heard about this yet? Two F-16s are down at the Utah Test Range due to a mid-air collision. One pilot is alive with cuts and bruises, the status of the other pilot is unknown.

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

Have you heard about this yet? Two F-16s are down at the Utah Test Range due to a mid-air collision. One pilot is alive with cuts and bruises, the status of the other pilot is unknown.

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

Have you heard about this yet? Two F-16s are down at the Utah Test Range due to a mid-air collision. One pilot is alive with cuts and bruises, the status of the other pilot is unknown.

[Lokibob]

The 388th has always trained hard. Training missions daily.

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

Have you heard about this yet? Two F-16s are down at the Utah Test Range due to a mid-air collision. One pilot is alive with cuts and bruises, the status of the other pilot is unknown.

[nicmarlo]

Prayer bump for the pilots, and all our military.

[PAR35]

From a 1999 story posted on a USAF web site:

The United States currently is flying 1,475 F-16s," he said. "And approximately the same number are being flown by the air forces of 19 ... other nations. With roughly 3,000 active-flying F-16s in the world, at 86 bases in 20 countries, there isn't a second that goes by during the day without someone, somewhere, airborne in an F-16," Riemer said.

The 3,882nd F-16 recently rolled off the assembly line, and 3,040 of those are still flying today. There are three production lines -- in Fort Worth, Texas; Korea; and Turkey -- which produced 150 F-16s during the calendar year 1998

http://www.af.mil/news/Feb1999/n19990222_990279.html

[PAR35]

From a 1999 story posted on a USAF web site:

The United States currently is flying 1,475 F-16s," he said. "And approximately the same number are being flown by the air forces of 19 ... other nations. With roughly 3,000 active-flying F-16s in the world, at 86 bases in 20 countries, there isn't a second that goes by during the day without someone, somewhere, airborne in an F-16," Riemer said.

The 3,882nd F-16 recently rolled off the assembly line, and 3,040 of those are still flying today. There are three production lines -- in Fort Worth, Texas; Korea; and Turkey -- which produced 150 F-16s during the calendar year 1998

http://www.af.mil/news/Feb1999/n19990222_990279.html

[ChuckHam]

islam did it

That's all you can say about these brave men defending our country? You're a lame son of a bitch!

[ChuckHam]

islam did it

That's all you can say for these brave men defending our country? You're a lame SOB and aren't worth the air you're breathing.

[ladyinred]

Another collision? Prayers for the Pilots.

[hope]

May be the case...I have not seen so much F-18 activity at the base near my home as I have in the past 5-6 weeks.

[Ramius]

Oh no... raising a glass to the other pilot. May you be safe. Godspeed, either way.

[Ramius]

Oh no... raising a glass to the other pilot. May you be safe. Godspeed, either way.