Pictures of the F-16 wreckage near Moline, KS. Plane took off from Tulsa. Pilot ejected himself. @NewsOn6 pic.twitter.com/MlyBxkiCWx
— Allison Harris (@allisonlharris) October 21, 2014
F-16 Pilots OK After Midair Collision Over Kansas -- Yahoo News
One jet crashes in pasture; other makes it back to Oklahoma base
Two Oklahoma Air National Guard pilots escaped serious injury Monday after their F-16 jets collided midair near Moline, Kan., during an afternoon training flight.
Kansas Highway Patrol officials reported a large swath of wreckage slightly north of the Elk County town, nearly 75 miles southeast of Wichita and 100 miles north of Tulsa, where the fighters are based.
Local residents reported that a pilot from one of the Falcon fighters ejected safely and landed in a pasture. His jet crashed and burned, a particularly rare sight for the town of fewer than 500 people.
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Update #1: Military converges at scene of Kansas F-16 jet collision -- AP
Update #2: F-16 Jets Collide In Horrific Midair Crash Over Kansas -- Inquisitr
My Comment: The pilots are lucky .... this midair collision is bad as it can get but in the final analysis .... they survived.
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