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Fuel tank lands in Florida neighborhood

300-gallon fuel tank falls off F-16 jet, lands in Florida neighborhood

EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla — A 300-gallon fuel tank fell off an F-16 fighter jet flying over a residential area in Niceville, Florida, Tuesday morning, according to officials at Eglin Air Force Base. Air Force officials said the incident happened around 11 a.m. and no injuries were reported.

Miami Herald · 7h

Fighter jet’s 300-gallon fuel tank falls off, lands in Florida neighborhood, USAF says

The 300-pound fuel tank was attached to an F-16 Fighting Falcon with the 96th Test Wing, according to Eglin Air Force Base in Florida. This is not the jet that dropped the tank. U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Matthew Lotz

WESH Orlando on MSN · 3h

Fuel tank lands in Florida neighborhood after falling from aircraft

A 300-gallon fuel tank fell from an aircraft on Tuesday and landed in a Florida neighborhood, the Eglin Air Force Base announced on X. 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.

News 6 WKMG · 1h

300-gallon fuel tank falls from F-16 fighter jet, lands in Florida neighborhood

NICEVILLE, Fla. – A 300-gallon fuel tank fell from an F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft on Tuesday and plunged into a Florida neighborhood. The incident happened around 11 a.m. in Niceville, near Eglin Air Force Base.

Fuel tank from Eglin F-16 falls into Florida neighborhood

Eglin said no one was injured or killed when the fuel tank fell, but residents reported jet fuel on their properties.

Daily Express US on MSN · 1h

U.S. Air Force F16 fighter jet dropped huge fuel tank on quiet Florida neighborhood

Locals reported hearing a "loud crash" that sounded like "an explosion" and saw a "shredded wreckage ... feet from a home and a strong smell of jet fuel."

SpaceX, Florida and Falcon 9

Hosted on MSN · 21h

WATCH: SpaceX launches Falcon 9 rocket from Florida’s Space Coast

SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon 9 rocket from Florida on Wednesday. The rocket took off at 10:27 a.m. from Launch Complex 39A at Kenney Space Center. The Falcon 9 is sending another batch of Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit.

UPI News on MSN · 4d

SpaceX's launches Falcon 9 from Florida in first flight of the year

SpaceX launched its first flight of 2025, sending a Falcon 9 rocket into space with a Thuraya 4 satellite from Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 40 in Florida.

Space on MSN · 1d

SpaceX launches 21 new Starlink satellites from Florida

Starlink is the largest satellite constellation ever deployed — and it's continuously growing, as today's planned launch demonstrates. There are currently more than 6,850 active Starlink spacecraft in LEO, according to satellite tracker and astrophysicist Jonathan McDowell.

FOX 35 Orlando on MSN3d

SpaceX's Falcon 9 carries 24 Starlink satellites into orbit from Florida Monday afternoon

SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket carrying 24 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Florida on Monday afternoon.

FOX 13 Tampa Bay on MSN4h

300-gallon fuel tank falls from F-16 fighter jet and lands in Florida neighborhood

Eglin Air Force Base is cleaning up a residential neighborhood after it says a 300-gallon fuel tank fell from an F-16 fighter jet on Wednesday.

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Eglin authorities investigating 300-gallon fuel tank dropped from aircraft

Eglin Air Force Base is investigating a 300-gallon fuel tank that dropped from the 96th Test Wing F-16 Fighting Falcon ...

Blue Origin to launch its 1st New Glenn rocket early Jan. 12: Watch it live

New Glenn is scheduled to lift off during a three-hour window that opens at 1 a.m. ET on Sunday (Jan. 12). Blue Origin plans ...

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