Up to date Sept. 17, 2026, 7:01 p.m. ET
An F-16 fighter jet pilot ejected to security earlier than his airplane went down in northern Michigan on Thursday, Sept. 17, navy authorities confirmed.
“We’re conscious of an incident involving an F-16 from Texas crashing in an space round [Traverse City],” Grasp Sergeant Augustin Salazar, a public affairs specialist with the 149th Fighter Wing, mentioned, including that the pilot ejected earlier than the crash. “He’s receiving medical care and is in steady situation.”
Movies of the incident revealed by native information shops present huge plumes of black smoke streaming up close to properties in rural Michigan.
Nobody else was damage within the crash, Michigan State Police mentioned, including the pilot recuperating at an area hospital.
Salazar declined to supply additional details about the crash.
Generally known as the Lone Star Gunfighters, the 149th is an F-16 unit based mostly in Texas at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland. In response to the Air Drive, the unit is a part of the Air Nationwide Guard and Texas Navy Division.
The San Antonio-Lackland base is situated some 1,500 miles from the place the airplane went down. USA TODAY has reached out to navy authorities for info on what the supersonic fighter airplane was doing within the space.
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