{"id":43436,"date":"2017-09-06T05:10:15","date_gmt":"2017-09-06T05:10:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=43436"},"modified":"2017-09-06T05:10:18","modified_gmt":"2017-09-06T05:10:18","slug":"pilot-killed-f-16-crash-near-safford-sheriff-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/news\/pilot-killed-f-16-crash-near-safford-sheriff-says.html","title":{"rendered":"Pilot killed in F-16 crash near Safford, sheriff says"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Pilot killed in F-16 crash near Safford, sheriff says<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Pilot killed in F-16 crash near Safford, sheriff says:- The pilot was killed when an F-16 training with the Arizona Air National Guard&#8217;s 162nd Wing crashed near Safford on Tuesday afternoon, Graham County Sheriff P.J. Allred said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Allred said he did not know the identity of the pilot, nor where the man was from.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">The crash site is near Fort Thomas, about 20 miles northwest of Safford, in Graham County.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">The wing said Tuesday that the Air Force has assembled an interim safety board to investigate the incident and additional details will be provided as they become available.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">The crash was the second involving an F-16 Fighting Falcon flying from the 162nd Wing at Tucson International Airport, and the third F-16 crash in Arizona, since mid-2015.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">The 162nd Wing is the Air Guard&#8217;s biggest F-16 training operation and conducts training missions across military ranges in Southern and Central Arizona.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">In July 2015, an Iraqi brigadier general flying from the 162nd died when his F-16, a newer model recently delivered to the Iraqi air force, crashed during night training near Douglas.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">In January 2016, a Taiwanese pilot on a training flight from Luke Air Force Base near Phoenix was killed when his F-16 went down near Bagdad in Yavapai County.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">The 162nd Wing has hosted training for pilots of allied nations since 1990 and trained pilots from nations including Iraq, Singapore, Poland, Norway, Denmark, Oman, Belgium and the Netherlands.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">Source:-\u00a0http:\/\/tucson.com\/news\/local\/pilot-killed-in-f&#8211;crash-near-safford-sheriff-says\/article_e689d616-92b3-11e7-84dd-2f64169cebe1.html<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/news\/pilot-killed-f-16-crash-near-safford-sheriff-says.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pilot killed in F-16 crash near Safford, sheriff says Pilot killed in F-16 crash near Safford, sheriff says:- The pilot was killed when an F-16 training with the Arizona Air National Guard&#8217;s 162nd Wing crashed near Safford on Tuesday afternoon, Graham County Sheriff P.J. 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