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| Date: | Wednesday 15 February 2023 |
| Time: | 16:20 |
| Type: |  Lockheed Martin F-16 Fighting Falcon |
| Owner/operator: | US Air Force (USAF) |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | off Aomori -
 Pacific Ocean
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Misawa Airport (MSJ/RJSM) |
| Misawa Airport (MSJ/RJSM) |
A USAF F-16 from Misawa Air Base, Japan suffered an unspecified emergency situation during a training flight over Pacific Ocean far off Aomori prefecture out of Japanese territorial waters. The Fighting Falcon dropped two external fuel tanks. The F-16 made a safe landing back at Misawa 15 minutes later.
Sources:
https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/fbc3592977db0c3740ac30e5d0c19583c187c593
https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/2f1d7b442884fb58d3def3f4d969676bbfe291f4
https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/beda8a66244591fe63f533df7a02771a05878dc5
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