{"id":3849,"date":"2026-09-18T06:13:14","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T06:13:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.cedritech.com\/?p=3849"},"modified":"2026-09-18T06:13:14","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T06:13:14","slug":"texas-air-national-guard-f-16-crashes-in-michigan-sparking-hourslong-evacuation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.cedritech.com\/?p=3849","title":{"rendered":"Texas Air National Guard F-16 crashes in Michigan, sparking hourslong evacuation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A Texas Air National Guard F-16 crashed in Michigan during a training mission on Thursday afternoon, sparking an hourslong evacuation near the crash site, according to officials.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The incident prompted the evacuation of homes and businesses within 1 mile of the crash site due to a &#8220;hazardous chemical spill related to the plane crash,&#8221; Michigan State Police said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">At about 9:45 p.m. Thursday, the evacuation order was lifted, according to state police.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"rounded-lg\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/lo\/mysterio\/api\/25bb4757d50e3a789823d3c84fa364ac2fb2b7a141d264677e45d3bcf5732282\/lightyear_networkapi\/resizefill_w960%3Bquality_80%3Bformat_webp\/https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.zenfs.com%2Fen%2Fus.abcnews.go.com%2F916d299b3527270d77db771cce19ee07.jpg\" alt=\"Fred Sobeck - PHOTO: A 149th Fighter Wing, Texas Air National Guard F-16 Fighting Falcon on a routine training mission from the Air National Guard's Combat Readiness Training Center crashes in Grawn, Michigan, September 17, 2026.\" width=\"960\" height=\"597\" data-nimg=\"1\" \/><button class=\"group absolute bottom-0 size-full\" aria-label=\"View larger image\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\" data-rapid_p=\"6\" data-y-link-id=\"1lqjevq1ej59lh100qh1\" data-v9y=\"1\"><\/button><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 line-clamp-2 pr-2.5\">\n<div>\n<p>Fred Sobeck &#8211; PHOTO: A 149th Fighter Wing, Texas Air National Guard F-16 Fighting Falcon on a routine training mission from the Air National Guard&#8217;s Combat Readiness Training Center crashes in Grawn, Michigan, September 17, 2026.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The jet crashed occurred shortly before 2 p.m. ET in Green Lake Township, local authorities said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Texas Air National Guard F-16 Fighting Falcon was on a routine training mission out of the Air National Guard&#8217;s Combat Readiness Training Center, in Alpena, Michigan, when it &#8220;experienced an incident,&#8221; the Texas Military Department said in a statement.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mb-4\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;The pilot successfully ejected the aircraft and is receiving care at a nearby hospital,&#8221; the statement said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The pilot was transported to an area hospital, where he was &#8220;conscious and speaking with law enforcement,&#8221; Grand Traverse Sheriff Michael Shea said during a press briefing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">No other injuries were reported, according to Michigan State Police.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"rounded-lg\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/lo\/mysterio\/api\/fadb43d931e5151981bf6adfefa119c5e3d8c4cfd54c7a64b23d22f0ecb8f249\/lightyear_networkapi\/resizefill_w960%3Bquality_80%3Bformat_webp\/https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.zenfs.com%2Fen%2Fus.abcnews.go.com%2Fd34244f59fc36530a415791071c9a0d7.jpg\" alt=\"Fred Sobeck - PHOTO: A 149th Fighter Wing, Texas Air National Guard F-16 Fighting Falcon on a routine training mission from the Air National Guard's Combat Readiness Training Center crashes in Grawn, Michigan, September 17, 2026.\" width=\"960\" height=\"648\" data-nimg=\"1\" \/><button class=\"group absolute bottom-0 size-full\" aria-label=\"View larger image\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\" data-rapid_p=\"7\" data-y-link-id=\"1joulbw0xjjfjj0h2cs4\" data-v9y=\"1\"><\/button><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 line-clamp-2 pr-2.5\">\n<div>\n<p>Fred Sobeck &#8211; PHOTO: A 149th Fighter Wing, Texas Air National Guard F-16 Fighting Falcon on a routine training mission from the Air National Guard&#8217;s Combat Readiness Training Center crashes in Grawn, Michigan, September 17, 2026.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A large black plume of smoke could be seen at the scene following the crash.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">All of the Texas Air National Guard aircraft that were in Michigan for the training were immediately grounded, and will likely remain so for the next 24 hours, according to a U.S. official.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Texas Air National Guard F-16 crashed in Michigan during a training mission on Thursday afternoon, sparking an<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":3850,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[90,7,48],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3849","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-accident","category-news","category-us"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.cedritech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3849","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.cedritech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.cedritech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cedritech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cedritech.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3849"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cedritech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3849\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3851,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cedritech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3849\/revisions\/3851"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cedritech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3850"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.cedritech.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cedritech.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cedritech.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}