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F-16 crash at Shaw Air Force Base, pilot dies
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- 01 July, 2020
- 09:01
An F-16 fighter jet on a routine training mission crashed late Tuesday night at Shaw Air Force Base in South Carolina, Report says, citing TASS.
Officials with Shaw Air Force Base say an F-16CM Fighting Falcon assigned to the 20th Fighter Wing at Shaw crashed on base around 11:30 p.m. Tuesday.
According to the officials, at the time of the accident, the aircraft was on a routine training mission with one pilot on board.
The cause of the crash is unknown yet.
Around 3:30 a.m., Shaw Air Force Base officials announced on its Facebook page that the pilot was pronounced dead.
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