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Air Force pilot ejects safely before F-16 crashes in California desert
Updated On: 04 December, 2025 08:35 AM IST | Trona | AP
The pilot was being treated at a hospital for injuries that were not life-threatening, according to the San Bernardino County Fire Department.
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A fighter jet with the Air Force`s elite Thunderbirds demonstration squadron crashed in the Southern California desert, but the pilot managed to eject safely, the military said The pilot was being treated at a hospital for injuries that were not life-threatening, according to the San Bernardino County Fire Department.
The F-16C Fighting Falcon crashed around 10:45 am on Wednesday during a training mission "over controlled airspace in California", according to a statement from Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada. The fire department said it had responded to an `aircraft emergency` near Trona, an unincorporated community in the Mojave Desert about 180 miles (290 kilometers) north of Los Angeles.
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