Mid-air collision Accident Lockheed Martin F-16D Fighting Falcon 660,
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Date:Tuesday 18 July 1995
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic F16 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Lockheed Martin F-16D Fighting Falcon
Owner/operator:101 Sqn Israeli AF (IDF/AF)
Registration: 660
MSN: CK-21
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Mediterranean Sea, off Nahariya Beach -   Israel
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Hatzor AB, Israel (LLHS)
Destination airport:Hatzor AB, Israel (LLHS)
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Ex-USAF 90-0895, delivered to Israel under FMS Program Peace Marble III on 30 April 1993, as an attrition replacement airframe. Written off 18 July 1995 when destroyed in a mid-air collision with F-16 IDF/AF 606, and the aircraft came down in the Mediterranean Sea, off Nahariya Beach, in Northern Israel, at approximate Coordinates: 33°00'N 35°05′E.

Both crew of F-16D 606 - the pilot, Lt. Col. Roni Shlomi and his navigator, Captain Yuval Binyamin - were killed.

Sources:

1. Flight International 24-30 April 1996
2. http://www.f-16.net/aircraft-database/F-16/airframe-profile/3267/
3. http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1990.html
4. http://web.archive.org/web/20100123081036/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/Aircraft_by_Type/F-16/ISRAEL/f16_israel.htm
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nahariya

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
11-Jan-2009 11:03 harro Updated
11-Jan-2009 11:03 harro Updated
14-Nov-2013 21:24 Dr. John Smith Updated [Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
09-Nov-2014 07:32 Giggs Updated [Operator]
25-Feb-2021 11:37 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Operator]

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