While no injuries were reported, incidents like these underscore the importance of military-grade life insurance coverage and post-service healthcare, especially in cases involving potential traumatic brain injuries or undiagnosed conditions.
The Air Force did not reveal how much damage the jet suffered, but the plane was grounded for repairs—an incident that likely led to a high-level assessment of operational risk and associated defense-related insurance claims.
These new details come as a stunning report from the Department of Defense’s All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) shows there have been hundreds of UFO reports made in recent years—and Arizona is becoming the nation’s new UFO hotspot.
AARO serves as a centralized department which looks into all things related to Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) sightings and reports which could impact national security, air safety, or even veterans’ wellness concerns after service-related incidents.
The F-16 collision is just one of 22 incidents involving Air Force fighter pilots seeing or crashing into strange objects between October 2022 and June 2023, according to azfamily.com.
