USAF F-16 forced to jettison fuel tank during Pitch Black 2018

A F-16 assigned to the 80th Fighter Squadron of the U.S. Air Force was forced to turn back for an emergency landing after take off from RAAF Base Darwin on Jul. 30. The pilot had to jettison a fuel tank in the process.

Defense.gov News Photo 060516-F-2171A-013
By: Tech. Sgt Jeffrey Allen, U.S. Air Force [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

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