8th Fighter Wing F-16 Crashes Near Osan Airbase
Fortunately no one was injured or killed from this crash:
Officials examine the site on a farmland in Pyeongtaek, south of Seoul, where a U.S. F-16 jet crashed, on May 6, 2023. The pilot escaped and no civilian damage was reported. (Yonhap)
An American F-16 Fighting Falcon crashed Saturday in an agricultural field near Osan Air Base, according to the 51st Fighter Wing
The crash occurred around 9:45 a.m. about 10 miles from Osan and 30 miles south of Seoul, the wing said in a news release. The pilot ejected safely and is in stable condition after being taken to an urgent care facility on base.
No other injuries were reported and an investigation is underway, the wing said.
The F-16 was assigned to the 8th Fighter Wing out of Kunsan Air Base, about 115 miles south of Seoul. Around 30 F-16s from Kunsan were temporarily relocated to Osan in March due to routine repairs of the base’s runway.
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