F-16 crashes in Gulf of Mexico
Published: Wed Jan 16th, 2008Source: AFPN
HOMESTEAD AIR RESERVE BASE, Fla. (AFPN) -- An Air Force F-16 fighter jet crashed at about 7:30 p.m. Jan. 15 in the Gulf of Mexico near Key West, Fla. The pilot was picked up by a Navy helicopter crew and flown to a local hospital, where a physician examined him.
He was released from the hospital. The pilot was flying a training mission at the time of the accident.
The F-16 was based at Air Force Reserve Command's 482nd Fighter Wing from Homestead Air Reserve Base.
A board of officers will investigate the accident.
(Courtesy of Air Force Reserve Command News Service)
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