Attrition Report
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AIR COMBAT Command has released the Aircraft Accident Investigation Board (AAIB) Report into the mid-air collision of two US Air Force F-16Cs near Louisville, Georgia, on June 7, 2016 (see Attrition, August 2016). The aircraft involved were F-16C Block 52s 92-3899 and 93-0531, both assigned to the South Carolina Air National Guard’s 169th Fighter Wing (FW), 157th Fighter Squadron (FS) ‘Swamp Foxes’, at McEntire Joint National Guard Base, South Carolina. The report states the two aircraft collided head-on at approximately 2114hrs local time during a training mission in the Bulldog Military Operating Area. Following the collision, both pilots ejected safely, suffering minor injuries.
Mishap Pilot 1 (MP1, callsign ‘Mace 31’) was assigned to the 316th FS, 169th FW. Mishap Pilot 2 (MP2, callsign ‘Mace 32’) was assigned to the 157th FS. Mishap Aircraft 1 (MA1, tail number 92-3899) and Mishap Aircraft 2 (MA2, tail number 93-0531) were both destroyed after impacting the ground in a rural area of approximately four square miles, with damage to private property. The total aircraft lo…
