Two pilots are okay after their F-16 Fighter Jets collided while they were flying at night.
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The crash occurred in a military area in Georgia’s Jefferson County at about 9:15 p.m. during “routine night-flying operations”.
The National Guard says the pilots of both single-seat planes ejected safely, CBS News reports.
Jefferson County Emergency Services Director Jim Anderson recommended that if anyone in the area finds debris, they should call 911.
Both pilots manually ejected after colliding, authorities said.
One pilot was found in a pasture and the other at the edge of some woods.
The pilots are said to be uninjured.
A command center has been set up in Louisville to locate the missing wreckage of the F-16s which crashed in a wooded area.
The pilot of the jet died from injuries sustained during the crash. That pilot was able to eject safely.
Gentile says the planes were part of a six-aircraft group that was training for a future deployment mission that he can not talk about now.
The pilots in the latest crash have returned to SC, local media reported, citing a guard official.
Officials from the South Carolina National Guard are heading to Georgia to investigate the apparent midair collision of two F-16 fighter jets.
King said South Carolina National Guard commander Maj.
“The U.S. Air Force will be conducting an investigation”.
This is the latest in a string of crashes for military flying teams.
A Blue Angels F/A-18 pilot, Marine Capt. Jeff Kuss, died in a crash outside of Nashville during a practice session last Thursday.
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Two Navy F/A-18 Super Hornets based in Virginia Beach crashed off the North Carolina coast in May.
