Date:	Tuesday 17 January 1995
Time:
Type:	Lockheed Martin F-16C Fighting Falcon
Owner/operator:	253 Sqn Israeli AF (IDF/AF)
Registration:	290
MSN:	6V-63
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Mediterranean Sea off Palmachim, Gan Raveh -   Israel
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Ramon AB, Israel (LLRM)
Destination airport:	Ramon AB, Israel (LLRM)
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Ex-USAF 80-0664, delivered to Israel under FMS Program Peace Marble I on 15 September 1981. Written off 17 January 1995 due to a mid-air collision between two IDF F-16's (269 and 290). Both aircraft crashed into the Mediterranean Sea off Palmachim, Gan Raveh, Israel. The pilot of 290, Captain Danny Oberst didn't survive. He ejected, but became detached from his parachute, and was killed

1. Flight International 24-30 April 1996
2. http://www.f-16.net/aircraft-database/F-16/airframe-profile/803/
3. http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1980.html
4. http://web.archive.org/web/20100123081036/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/Aircraft_by_Type/F-16/ISRAEL/f16_israel.htm
5. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.sky-high.co.il/134771/]%D7%94%D7%AA%D7%A0%D7%92%D7%A9%D7%95%D7%AA-%D7%A0%D7%A5-269-%D7%91%D7%A0%D7%A5-290

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
11-Jan-2009 01:46	harro	Updated
14-Nov-2013 05:10	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
29-Apr-2014 08:42	Nepa	Updated [Operator]
25-Feb-2021 11:36	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator]