A high-stakes training mission turned catastrophic when an F-16C Fighting Falcon from the U.S. Air Force’s Thunderbirds aerial demonstration squadron crashed in the Mojave Desert. The F-16 pilot ejected safely just seconds before the crash, parachuting to the ground amid a plume of thick black smoke and sustaining only minor injuries, military officials confirmed. The … Continue reading Two F-16 Stories, One Wild Week: Thunderbirds Jet Explodes In Mojave, Pilot Survives; Another Fighter Pilot Gets Silver Star