EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE — Officials at Eglin Air Force Base are investigating the cause of an aircraft dropping a fuel tank over a residential area. According to Eglin, the incident happened ...

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 ...

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.

Eglin Air Force Base officials provided an update after a fuel tank dropped from an aircraft earlier this week. According to a news release from the base, Eglin AFB personnel safely removed the fuel ...

Not exactly a “Top Gun” moment. A 300-gallon fuel tank fell from a fighter jet and landed in a Florida neighborhood — narrowly missing an elementary school and ultimately landing in someone ...

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

EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE — Officials at Eglin Air Force Base are investigating the cause of an aircraft dropping a fuel tank over a residential area. According to Eglin, the incident happened Tuesday, Jan ...

Eglin Air Force Base officials say cleanup from a dropped 300-gallon fuel tank into a residential area in Niceville will last several weeks.