2 x F16s collide on ground at Nellis

[Jeff]

www.nellis.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123456044

Quote:
8/15/2015 - NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. -- At approximately 11:20 a.m. two F-16 Fighting Falcons assigned to the 301st Fighter Wing, Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth, Texas, collided shortly after landing at Nellis AFB after a local sortie. The two pilots are currently undergoing medical evaluation. A safety board will convene to investigate the incident. More information will be provided as it becomes available.

[Jeff]

More new on the incident...seems a bit more serious than a simple taxiing accident


One F-16 landed long, causing him to lock his brakes, which resulted in a brake fire. The second F-16 crashed into the back of the first F-16, causing the first F-16 to spin around, pinning the canopy and pilot underneath the wing of the second F-16. The brake fire on the first F-16 soon spread to the external fuel tanks on both F-16's. The pilot of the second F-16 managed to free himself and escape the fire, while Nellis AFB EMS managed to quickly put out the fire and extract the first pilot.

Officially, the USAF is saying that one of the pilots remains in hospital as a result of the injuries sustained in the accident (as of August 20th). But otherwise, official details are fairly sparse.

reports that the airframes involved are 85-1546 and 85-1549.

[davebasing]

85-1546 was a former Ramstein bird and was at RIAT in 1991. 85-1549 has seemingly no European history having started life in Misawa, Japan.