[Photo] F-16 flips on top of another F-16 at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base

July 17, 2014 Military Aviation

David Cenciotti

Strong winds are believed to have been the cause of a retired F-16 plane flipping on top of another Fighting Falcon at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base.

Winds gusts of 66 mph most probably caused a retired F-16 to flip onto another F-16 at Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona.

F-16ADF (MM7248 formerly leased to the Italian AF) and F-16C 84-1246 “LF”, both kept in storage by the 309^th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group (AMARG) at the local “Boneyard,” were involved in the incident.

Image credit: U.S. Air Force

About David Cenciotti

David Cenciotti is a journalist based in Rome, Italy. He is the Founder and Editor of “The Aviationist”, one of the world’s most famous and read military aviation blogs. Since 1996, he has written for major worldwide magazines, including Air Forces Monthly, Combat Aircraft, and many others, covering aviation, defense, war, industry, intelligence, crime and cyberwar. He has reported from the U.S., Europe, Australia and Syria, and flown several combat planes with different air forces. He is a former 2nd Lt. of the Italian Air Force, a private pilot and a graduate in Computer Engineering. He has written five books and contributed to many more ones.