A Texas Air Nationwide Guard F-16 crashed in Michigan throughout a coaching mission on Thursday afternoon, sparking an hourslong evacuation close to the crash web site, in response to officers.
The incident prompted the evacuation of properties and companies inside 1 mile of the crash web site on account of a “hazardous chemical spill associated to the aircraft crash,” Michigan State Police stated.
At about 9:45 p.m. Thursday, the evacuation order was lifted, in response to state police.
A 149th Fighter Wing, Texas Air Nationwide Guard F-16 Preventing Falcon on a routine coaching mission from the Air Nationwide Guard’s Fight Readiness Coaching Middle crashes in Grawn, Michigan, September 17, 2026.
Fred Sobeck
The jet crashed occurred shortly earlier than 2 p.m. ET in Inexperienced Lake Township, native authorities stated.
The Texas Air Nationwide Guard F-16 Preventing Falcon was on a routine coaching mission out of the Air Nationwide Guard’s Fight Readiness Coaching Middle, in Alpena, Michigan, when it “skilled an incident,” the Texas Army Division stated in a press release.
“The pilot efficiently ejected the plane and is receiving care at a close-by hospital,” the assertion stated.
The pilot was transported to an space hospital, the place he was “acutely aware and talking with regulation enforcement,” Grand Traverse Sheriff Michael Shea stated throughout a press briefing.
No different accidents had been reported, in response to Michigan State Police.
A 149th Fighter Wing, Texas Air Nationwide Guard F-16 Preventing Falcon on a routine coaching mission from the Air Nationwide Guard’s Fight Readiness Coaching Middle crashes in Grawn, Michigan, September 17, 2026.
Fred Sobeck
A big black plume of smoke might be seen on the scene following the crash.
All the Texas Air Nationwide Guard plane that had been in Michigan for the coaching had been instantly grounded, and can seemingly stay so for the subsequent 24 hours, in response to a U.S. official.
