Eglin conducts dropped fuel tank removal > Eglin Air Force Base ...
Jan 8, 2025 · EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. – At approximately 11 a.m. Jan. 7, a 300-gallon fuel tank dropped from a 96th Test Wing F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft. The fuel tank landed near Eglin Air Force Base in a residential area in Niceville. No fatalities or injuries occurred from the incident. There was no property damage initially reported.
Eglin releases statement after fuel tank dropped into a residential …
Jan 8, 2025 · NICEVILLE, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) - Eglin Air Force Base has released a statement following a fuel tank drop from an aircraft into a Niceville neighborhood. According to the press …
Fuel Tank Plummets from F-16 Jet and Lands in Neighborhood Near Eglin ...
Jan 8, 2025 · A fuel tank fell off an F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter jet from Eglin Air Force Base, landing in a residential neighborhood just shy of an elementary school outside of the Florida military base.
Dropped fuel tank removed, clean up continues - eglin.af.mil
Jan 10, 2025 · EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. – Eglin personnel safely removed the fuel tank Jan. 8 from the Niceville location impacted by the 96th Test Wing F-16 incident Jan. 7. The 96th Civil Engineer Group’s Spill Response team is leading the clean-up efforts currently underway.
Eglin AFB continues clean up after fuel tank dropped from F-16
Jan 10, 2025 · According to an update from the 96th Test Wing on Friday, Eglin personnel have safely removed the fuel tank from the location impacted by the incident on Jan. 8. Officials from the 96th...
300-gallon fuel tank falls from F-16 fighter jet and lands in Florida ...
Jan 9, 2025 · A 300-gallon fuel tank fell from a fighter jet from Eglin Air Force Base on Wednesday and landed in a residential neighborhood. No injuries, deaths or property damage have been reported.
Fuel tank falls from F-16 jet flying near homes, school close to Eglin ...
Jan 8, 2025 · 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.
300-gallon fuel tank falls from F-16 fighter jet, lands in Florida ...
Jan 9, 2025 · – A 300-gallon fuel tank fell from an F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft on Tuesday and plunged into a Florida neighborhood. The incident happened around 11 a.m. in Niceville, near Eglin Air...
Fuel tank falls off jet onto Florida neighborhood, USAF says
Jan 9, 2025 · The U.S. Air Force accidentally dropped a 300-pound fuel tank onto a residential neighborhood in the Florida Panhandle — and managed not to hit anything, according to Eglin Air Force Base. It...
Eglin Air Force Base: 300-gallon fuel tank drops from F-16 into
Jan 9, 2025 · A dropped fuel tank from an F-16 Fighting Falcon at Eglin Air Force Base has sparked an investigation. No injuries or property damage were reported.