[MilCom] F-16 crash in Arizona today

[Joshua Cox]

December 05, 2006

2 F-16 pilots safe after ejecting near Luke:

An Air Force F-16D Fighting Falcon crashed about 8:30 a.m. local time
Monday in Arizona.

The two pilots onboard ejected safely, according to a statement from Luke
Air Force Base, Ariz.. Emergency responders had made contact with the
pilots. The jet was assigned to the 62nd Fighter Squadron at Luke.

The plane went down east of Highway 85 in the Barry M. Goldwater Range, an
unpopulated training area southwest of Luke.

At the time of the accident, the F-16 was on a training mission.


Josh
monitoring from southeast LA county
josh_75 at earthlink.net