A U.S. Air Pressure F-16 Combating Falcon assigned to the eighth Fighter Wing crashed into the Yellow Sea on Wednesday morning after experiencing an in-flight emergency.
In accordance with the eighth Fighter Wing’s public affairs workplace, the aircraft crashed at about 8:40 a.m. on Wednesday.
The eighth Fighter Wing relies out of Kunsan Air Base within the Republic of Korea.
The pilot of the jet was in a position to eject safely and was recovered at about 9:30 a.m.
US F-16 CRASHES INTO YELLOW SEA FOLLOWING IN-FLIGHT EMERGENCY; PILOT RESCUED AFTER EJECTING SAFELY
Officers mentioned the pilot is acutely aware and was taken to a medical facility to be assessed.
Each the U.S. and Republic of Korea mission companions labored collectively to find and get better the pilot.
“We’re very grateful to the Republic of Korea rescue forces and all of our teammates who made the swift restoration of our pilot doable,” Col. Matthew C. Gaetke, eighth FW commander mentioned. “Now we’ll shift our focus to go looking and restoration of the plane.”
Additional details about the reason for the crash won’t change into obtainable till the conclusion of security and accident investigations, officers mentioned.