F-16 crashes in California (VIDEO)

The pilot, a member of the Air Force’s Thunderbirds aerobatics team, managed to soundly eject

A US F-16C crashed throughout a coaching mission over California on Wednesday morning, the Air Power reported.

The airplane got here down in an unpopulated desert space round 130 miles northeast of downtown Los Angeles in a zone used for dwell weapons testing, Stars and Stripes navy information outlet stated on Wednesday.

A video circulating on social media purports to point out a fireball rising from the crash website, with the pilot parachuting down far away.

Based on the US Air Force, the airplane belonged to its premier air demonstration squadron.

F-16 crashes in California (VIDEO) | Philly PI

“On Dec. 3, 2025, at approximately 10:45 am, a pilot from the US Air Force Air Demonstration Team, the Thunderbirds, safely ejected from an F-16C Fighting Falcon during a training mission over controlled airspace in California,” a USAF spokesperson stated in an announcement.

The pilot was in critical condition and obtained follow-up care, they added.

Earlier this year, a Polish Air Force F-16 pilot belonging to the nation’s Tiger Demo aerobatic team died in a crash in the course of the Radom Air Show after trying a high-speed barrel roll maneuver.


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