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, ...

A pilot ejected safely as an F-16 fighter jet from the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds crashed on a dry lake bed in San Bernardino County on Wednesday, officials said.

A U.S. Air Force F-16C from the Thunderbirds demo team crashed near Trona Airport in California during a training flight. The ...

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 ...

The pilot safely ejected from the aircraft and was in stable condition, according to U.S. Air Force Sgt. Jovante Johnson. The ...

A Lockheed Martin F-16 fighter jet from the US Air Force (USAF) flight demonstration team has crashed in California, with the pilot safely ejecting. The aircraft was part of the Thunderbirds aerobatic ...

The Air Force Thunderbirds love flying in Dayton. The Air Force’s F-16 aerobatics team presented CenterPoint Energy Dayton Air Show representatives with its 2025 ”best civilian show site of the year" ...

The fire department said it had responded to an “aircraft emergency” near Trona, an unincorporated community in the Mojave Desert about 180 miles (290 kilometers) north of Los Angeles.

The pilot of a U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds F-16C Fighting Falcon is in a stable condition after ejecting from the aircraft before it crashed into a lakebed near Trona, California. Reports first ...

The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds perform at the Great Colorado Air Show on Sept. 20, 2025, in Loveland, Colorado. (Staff Sgt. Breanna Klemm/U.S. Air Force) TRONA, Calif. — A fighter jet with the Air ...