SHAW AFB, S.C., 7 July 2015. An F-16 C Fighting Falcon military aircraft from Shaw Air Force Base in South Carolina, collided with a Cessna 150 private, two-seat, general aviation airplane near Joint Base Charleston at 11:30 a.m. EDT.
The F-16 pilot ejected safely and was taken to Joint Base Charleston for a health assessment. No information is available about the people onboard the Cessna civilian aircraft.
“Our thoughts are with the friends and family of anyone aboard the civilian aircraft,” U.S. Air Force officials at Shaw AFB say.
A team of investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) are convening in South Carolina to determine the cause of the crash. “NTSB investigating this morning's mid-air collision between an F-16 military aircraft and a Cessna 150 in Moncks Corner, SC.,” a spokesperson tweeted this morning.
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and NTSB officials also reported that an F-16 Fighting Falcon flying with the 162nd Wing, Arizona Air National Guard, crashed at about 8 p.m. on 24 June 2015, five miles east of Douglas Municipal Airport, Arizona. That F-16 was on a night training mission with one person on board at the time of the incident.
