A search and rescue effort was still under way Wednesday in the Nevada desert for the pilot of an F-16C that crashed during a training mission from Nellis AFB, Nev., on the previous day. The search was taking place on federal land roughly 120 miles north of Las Vegas, reported Las Vegas’ Fox News 5. Brig. Gen. T.J. O’Shaughnessy, commander of Nellis’ 57th Wing, said search and rescue teams were trying to spot the parachute and pilot in the vast crash area. Several helicopters were involved in the search. The F-16 went down at around 5:30 p.m. Las Vegas time Tuesday in an area some 20 miles west of the town of Caliente. The F-16 was not carrying live weapons, reported Las Vegas’ Channel 6 News. (Nellis release) (See also Las Vegas Review-Journal report and Las Vegas’ KLAS-TV 8 report.) (Our initial coverage)
Celebrating 100 Years of Liquid-Fueled Rockets
March 11, 2026
March 16, 2026, marks 100 years since Dr. Robert H. Goddard launched the world’s first liquid-fueled rocket. Over the past century, new and ever more capable liquid-fueled rockets have literally propelled humanity into space. Why liquid-fueled rockets?