A Nellis Air Force Base fighter jet crashed Wednesday morning during a routine training mission outside Las Vegas, military officials said. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. Air Force pilot with the traveling Thunderbirds exhibition squad was killed early Wednesday when his F-16 jet crashed at Nellis Air Force base in Nevada, the third crash involving a military aircraft in the past two days. The condition of the pilot or pilots and the location on the 4,500-square-mile (11,655-square-kilometer) training range were not immediately made public. Four crew members were killed when a Marine CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter crashed Tuesday in California during a training mission along the U.S.-Mexico border west of El Centro.
A U.S. Air Force F-16 crashes at the Nevada Test and Training Range near Las Vegas.