{"id":439728,"date":"2026-09-18T08:00:14","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T08:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/439728\/"},"modified":"2026-09-18T08:00:14","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T08:00:14","slug":"texas-air-national-guard-f-16-crashes-in-michigan-sparking-hourslong-evacuation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/439728\/","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<p><img 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.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"597\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/us.abcnews.go.com\/916d299b3527270d77db771cce19ee07.jpg\"\/><\/p>\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<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<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<p><img 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.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"648\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/us.abcnews.go.com\/d34244f59fc36530a415791071c9a0d7.jpg\"\/><\/p>\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<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":"A Texas Air National Guard F-16 crashed in Michigan during a training mission on Thursday afternoon, sparking an&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":439729,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[152268,75726,152267,3116,152266,27,152265,29,28],"class_list":["post-439728","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-149th-fighter-wing","tag-air-national-guard","tag-combat-readiness-training-center","tag-michigan","tag-michigan-state-police","tag-texas","tag-texas-air-national-guard","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439728","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=439728"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439728\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/439729"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=439728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=439728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=439728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}