A stealth fighter without enough fuel to reach its operating zone isn't much use, but adding fuel tanks could ruin the F-35's ...

An F-16 fighter jet had an emergency while flying over Michigan and needed to drop two fuel tanks. One exploded in a lake, and the other landed in a parking lot.

NICEVILLE, Fla. — The Air Force is investigating an incident involving an F-16 fighter jet after a fuel tank detached and landed in a neighborhood in Niceville ...

A 300-pound fuel tank fell from a fighter jet and landed in a Florida neighborhood — narrowly missing an elementary school and ultimately landing in someone’s yard, officials said Thursday.

An F-16 Fighting Falcon jet prepares for an approach at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., in 2019. One of fighter jets dropped a 300-gallon fuel tank Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025, while flying over a ...

SWANTON, Ohio — An F-16 fighter jet with the 180th Fighter Wing discarded two fuel tanks during an in-flight emergency Wednesday afternoon in northern Michigan, according to a press release from ...

Fighter jet’s 300-gallon fuel tank falls off, lands in Florida neighborhood, USAF says By Mark Price. January 9, 2025 8:03 AM.

Navy officials “lacked sufficient understanding” of the risks of maintaining massive fuel storage tanks on top of a drinking water well at Pearl Harbor where spilled jet fuel poisoned more ...

EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla — A 300-gallon fuel tank fell off an F-16 fighter jet flying over a residential area in Niceville, Florida, Tuesday morning, according to officials at Eglin Air Force Base.

Sonoma Jet Center has two “fuel farms” at the airport, one located amid private hangars south of the airport’s main commercial terminal and the other — a temporary tank built in 2022 ...

NICEVILLE, Fla. — The Air Force is investigating an incident involving an F-16 fighter jet after a fuel tank detached and landed in a neighborhood in Niceville ...