C172 pilot reported near midair collision with F-16s while in the pattern.

Attributes
ACN	1582401
Time
Date	201809
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Initial Approach
Route In Use	Visual Approach
Flight Plan	None
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Military
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Initial Approach
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Private
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 10 Flight Crew Total 455 Flight Crew Type 225
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Conflict NMAC
Miss Distance	Horizontal 200 Vertical 200

Narrative:

I was in the pattern on downwind abeam the tower 1;200 ft; offset distance from the runway was 4;000 feet. I had just taken off and was instructed to make right pattern. Several F-16s went directly over the top of me at estimated 200 feet separation. They were going so fast; there was no way to count the number of aircraft. A second later; I was flying through their smoke trails and being instructed by the tower to make a 360 degree turn. I immediately turned to the north and departed the pattern temporarily until rejoining about 5 minutes later.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: C172 pilot reported NMAC with F-16s while in the pattern.

Narrative: I was in the pattern on downwind abeam the tower 1;200 ft; offset distance from the runway was 4;000 feet. I had just taken off and was instructed to make right pattern. Several F-16s went directly over the top of me at estimated 200 feet separation. They were going so fast; there was no way to count the number of aircraft. A second later; I was flying through their smoke trails and being instructed by the tower to make a 360 degree turn. I immediately turned to the north and departed the pattern temporarily until rejoining about 5 minutes later.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.