---
title: "F-16 crashes during training flight near Holloman Air Force Base"
description: "An F-16 Fighting Falcon crashed during a training flight near Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico on Tuesday, Air Force officials announced"
date: "2019-10-30"
modified: "2019-10-30"
authors:
  - name: "Jared Keller"
    job_title: "Former Managing Editor"
    link: "https://taskandpurpose.com/authors/jaredkeller/"
url: "https://taskandpurpose.com/news/f16-fighting-falcon-crash-holloman/"
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  - "Fighter Aircraft"
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  - "News"
  - "Tech & Tactics"
  - "United States"
tags:
  - "Northern Command"
---

# F-16 crashes during training flight near Holloman Air Force Base

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An F-16 Fighting Falcon crashed during a training flight near Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico on Tuesday, Air Force officials [announced](<https://twitter.com/beverstine/status/1189518377943031808>).

The aircraft, assigned to the 49th Wing, went down 80 miles southeast of the base around 7:16 pm local time on Tuesday, 49th Wing officials said in a statement on Wednesday.

The pilot successfully ejected from the aircraft and is currently being treated at a local hospital.

The cause of the crash is currently under investigation.

*This is a developing story and will be updated with more information as it becomes available*

## Author
Jared Keller is the former managing editor of Task & Purpose. His writing has appeared in Aeon, the Los Angeles Review of Books, the New Republic, Pacific Standard, Smithsonian, and The Washington Post, among other publications.

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