F-16 Belly Landing In Italy Shows Landing Gear Issues Persisting

An F-16 from Aviano Air Base, Italy, after landing without its left main landing gear during a March incident.
Credit: U.S. Air Force
A Lockheed Martin F-16CG from Aviano Air Base, Italy, had its main landing gear fail during a training flight on March 2, causing the jet to land on its belly and sustain more than $6 million in damage—the latest in a series of landing gear failures in the fleet. A U.S. Air Force investigation into...
Brian Everstine

Brian Everstine is the Pentagon Editor for Aviation Week, based in Washington, D.C. Before joining Aviation Week in August 2021, he covered the Pentagon for Air Force Magazine. Brian began covering defense aviation in 2011 as a reporter for Military Times.

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