NICEVILLE, Fla. — The Air Force is investigating an incident involving an F-16 fighter jet after a fuel tank detached and landed in a neighborhood in Niceville Tuesday morning, according to ...

NICEVILLE, Fla. -- Heavy machinery was brought in Thursday to clean up a Niceville yard after a fuel tank fell off an F-16 fighter jet on Tuesday. WEAR News reported about the incident on Wednesday.

It happened around 11 a.m., the base said. The fuel tank landed in a neighborhood in Niceville in the Florida panhandle, near Eglin Air Force Base.It dropped from a 96th Test Wing F-16 Fighting ...

The tank landed in a residential area near Nathey Avenue and Monette Street in Niceville. At approximately 11 a.m. Jan. 7, a 300-gallon fuel tank dropped from a 96th Test Wing F-16 aircraft.

Nobody was injured in the freak accident. The fuel tank nearly landed on an elementary school in Niceville. roibu – stock.adobe.com Students were not at school when the tank landed but were set ...

No information was immediately available about why the fuel tank was dropped from the aircraft. The incident is under investigation.

The tank landed in a residential area near Nathey Avenue and Monette Street in Niceville. No injuries or ... area and taking measures to ensure the fuel tank is removed. As part of the ...

EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE — Eglin Air Force Base officials are continuing their efforts to clean up after a dropped fuel tank landed in a residential area in Niceville. According to an update from ...

NICEVILLE, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) - Eglin Air Force Base has released a statement following a fuel tank drop from an aircraft into a Niceville neighborhood. According to the press release, a 300-gallon ...

A fuel tank fell off an F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter ... statement that the incident occurred around 11 a.m. local time in Niceville, Florida, "within close proximity" to the installation.

An F-16 fighter jet dropped a 300-gallon fuel tank Tuesday while flying over a residential part of Niceville, Fla., near its home base at Eglin Air Force Base, service officials said. No one was ...