An Air Force Thunderbirds fighter jet crashed on Wednesday in the Southern California desert. The pilot safely ejected before the plane hit the ground and went up in flames, officials said.

The Air Force’s elite Thunderbirds demonstration team is confronting a rare but serious mishap after one of its F-16C Fighting Falcon jets went down in the California desert during a training mission, ...

The pilot safely ejected from the aircraft and was in stable condition, according to U.S. Air Force Sgt. Jovante Johnson. The ...

The pilot of a U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds F-16C ejected safely Wednesday during a training mission in California – leaving the aviator in stable condition as officials began investigating the crash, ...

A Lockheed Martin F-16 fighter jet from the US Air Force (USAF) flight demonstration team has crashed in California, with the pilot safely ejecting. The aircraft was part of the Thunderbirds aerobatic ...

A US Air Force F-16 fighter jet from the elite Thunderbirds demonstration team crashed during a training flight in Southern ...

The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds perform at the Great Colorado Air Show on Sept. 20, 2025, in Loveland, Colorado. (Staff Sgt. Breanna Klemm/U.S. Air Force) TRONA, Calif. — A fighter jet with the Air ...

The pilot of a U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds F-16C Fighting Falcon is in a stable condition after ejecting from the aircraft before it crashed into a lakebed near Trona, California. Reports first ...

The pilot was in stable condition after losing control of the fighter jet near Trona, Calif., about 180 miles northeast of Los Angeles. By Neil Vigdor and Jesus Jiménez An F-16 fighter jet with the ...