JAKARTA - A fighter jet from the elite US Air Force (AU) squadron Thunderbirds crashed into the South California desert The pilot managed to escape and was declared safe.
ABC News reported on Thursday 4 December that Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada said in a statement that the F-16C Fighting Falcon fighter jet crashed around 10.45 a.m. on Wednesday local time.
This incident occurred when the fighter jet carried out a training mission "over controlled airspace in California".
The San Bernardino Region Fire Department (Damkar) immediately took action, after learning of the incident that occurred near Trona, a rural area in the Mojave Desert, about 290 kilometers north of Los Angeles.
After the incident occurred, the F-16C fighter jet pilot was immediately taken to the hospital. Firefighter San Bernardino said the pilot was not seriously injured.
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