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The pilot ejected from the aircraft and is receiving care at a hospital, the Texas Military Department said.
A US military F-16 fighter jet crashed in Grand Traverse County, Michigan, Thursday afternoon with the pilot ejecting, the Michigan State Police reported.
An F-16 Fighting Falcon from the 149th Fighter Wing of the Texas Air National Guard crashed while taking part in training in Michigan.
An F-16 jet crashed in Northern Michigan on Thursday. The F-16 was from Texas and its pilot ejected prior to the crash, the Air National Guard confirmed. The crash was in Blair Township, which is southwest of Traverse City in Grand Traverse County. The area is now under a shelter in place order. According to the Texas Air National Guard, the F-16 is theirs and was part of a joint training mission. The pilot ejected before the crash and is in stable condition, the guard said. LiveNOW’s Anna Marsick spoke with David Berke, a former F-16 pilot, about what pilots face during an in-flight emergency, the ejection process and what investigators will be looking for as they determine what happened.
Emergency responders received reports of a plane crash in Northern Michigan. F-16 fighter jet crashed in Blair Township as a pilot was ejected and rushed to a nearby hospital.
The jet was flying with the 149th Fighter Wing from Lackland Air Force Base in Texas, which confirmed that the pilot ejected, was rushed to the hospital and is in stable condition.