F-16 jet breaks after sliding off runway; pilot safe
By Rachel S. Cohen
Thursday, May 12
An F-16 Fighting Falcon jet belonging to the South Dakota Air National Guard’s 114th Fighter Wing skidded off of a Sioux Falls runway upon landing Wednesday afternoon, coming to rest nose-down in the grass.
The airman in the jet was returning from a routine training mission around 2:45 p.m. local time, according to the wing, which flies F-16C/D airframes.
The jet’s landing gear appeared to have collapsed and its nose separated from its body, per photos taken by the Argus Leader news outlet and others on social media. Its canopy was open but not gone — indicating the pilot climbed out once on the ground at Joe Foss Field, where the wing is based at the Sioux Falls airport.
https://www.airforcetimes.com/news/your-air-force/2022/05/12/south-dakota-air-national-guard-f-16-jet-broken-after-sliding-off-runway-pilot-safe/
