There are dozens of aircraft crash sites in the desert around Rachel and the Nellis Ranges. Most of the sites on public land have been cleaned up pretty good soon after the crash, like the Harrier crash in the southern Quinn Canyon Range in the late 1990's. However, there are a few sites where most of the wreckage is still intact, mostly in remote locations. Since pieces tend to mysteriously disappear as soon as the location is published we will not mention the exact location for the crash sites shown below.
The table below lists all known crash sites around Rachel, NV. With friendly permission by the official Rachel, Nevada Web Site. Thanks also to Chuck Clark from Rachel for providing much of the information below.
| USAF F-15C (serial #86-0173), pilot ejected and survived with no injuries | 13 miles north of Rachel | August 3, 2000 10:45AM |
| Mid-air collision of two F-15; both crashed; all crew members ejected and survived with some injuries; F-15C (serial #82-0008) and F-15D (serial #79-0013) | About 21 miles NW of Rachel, over the dry lake in Railroad Valley ("Bearpaw") | June 16, 1999 5:20PM |
| British GR-7 Harrier; pilot ejected just before impact and survived with numerous broken bones | 8.6 miles NNW of Rachel | January 29, 1999 |
| Mid-air collision of two Norwegian F-16A (serial #80-3684/684 and 80-3686/686); #686 returned to Nellis, #684 crashed; pilot ejected safely | Rachel Playground | July 10, 1986 |
| Marine Corps Harrier | Near the old Rachel Dump Site | Spring 1984 |
| USAF F-4E (serial #73-1180), both crewmen died | East side of Tempiute Mountain | March 23, 1982 |
| USAF F-16A (serial #78-0006), pilot ejected safely | 2 miles NE of Rachel (?) | October 1, 1979 |
| USAF F-4D (serial #66-0227), crashed on ingress during Red Flag, no survivors | North end of Groom Range about 6 miles SSW of Rachel | March 7, 1979 2:19PM |
| USAF F-4, both ejected safely | Near Ash Springs, NV; approx. 40 miles SE of Rachel | Dec. 1, 1978,9.40am |
| Canadian CF-104 Starfighter (serial #104775), crashed during Red Flag Pilot Maj. J. Michel A. Coutu was killed | West face of Mt. Irish or North end of Groom Range (?) | November 16, 1977 |
| USAF F-4E (serial #68-0518), no survivors | Near the Seeps, 11.5 miles NE of Rachel | Sept. 2, 1977 |
