The warplane went down at about 3:30 p.m. The incident is the fifth u.s.
Syria says its military base came under israeli fire. The pilot was killed in the accident. The pilot's name has not yet been released. The crash occurred on the military base around 11:30 p.m. F16 runs off end of the runway at oshkosh's eaa airventure 2011. David schmitz, of 77th fighter squadron, died while conducting a training sortie here in south carolina, col. Officials at shaw afb say that the aircraft was on a routine training mission with shaw afb emergency responders were on scene. The warplane went down at about 3:30 p.m. The incident is the fifth u.s. The pilot was killed, with name withheld pending notification of next of kin.
Sumter county fire and rescue assisted with the crash.
The latest crash comes on the heels of five other crashes and mishaps, one of which was fatal, across the air force within the last two months. The warplane went down at about 3:30 p.m. Images and video from the crash scene posted on facebook showed smoke and flames coming from the base after sundown. F16 runs off end of the runway at oshkosh's eaa airventure 2011.
The crash occurred on the military base around 11:30 p.m. The pilot's name has not yet been released. David schmitz, of 77th fighter squadron, died while conducting a training sortie here in south carolina, col.