Shaw Air Force Base: Pilot Killed In Fighter Jet Crash Says, Officials.

Shaw Air Force Base is investigating the deaths of a pilot in a fighter jet crash.  The pilot of a fighter jet changed into killed in a crash overdue Tuesday night, Air Force officers said. The F-16CM Fighting Falcon become on a routine training assignment from Shaw Air Force Base in Sumter whilst it went down at about 11:30 p.M., officers stated in an information release.

The pilot becomes the fighter jet’s lone occupant, and no different injuries had been reported, according to the release. The incident was called an “accident,” and an “aircraft mishap,” by means of Air Force officers. Information on what induced the F-sixteen to crash turned into now not available, but it's far being investigated, consistent with the release.

Emergency responders have been on the scene of the crash, officers stated. The pilot died after being taken to an area hospital, The Air Force said it's miles waiting 24 hours to publicly discover the pilot in an effort to notify the next of kin.“We ask which you respect the family, and the squadron’s privateness as we whole this process,” twentieth Fighter Wing Commander Larry Sullivan said.

The F-sixteen turned into assigned to the 20th Fighter Wing at the South Carolina base.

The twentieth Fighter Wing is the most important and maximum energetic F-16 unit in the Air Force. It has roots in World War I, changed into fashioned in World War II, has fought in each major U.S. conflict since, and has often been the “tip of the spear” inside the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

The twentieth Fighter Wing has deployed extra than 8,000 airmen to the Middle East and Afghanistan for the reason that Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, The State formerly reported.

This crash is the maximum current for the Air Force inside the beyond six weeks, with incidents regarding an F-15C inside the United Kingdom, and F-35A similarly to an F-22A in separate incidents at Elgin Air Force Base in Florida, and another F-35A at Hill Air Force Base in Utah, consistent with thedrive.Com.

THE F-16CM FIGHTING FALCON Shaw Air Force Base officers call the F-sixteen Fighting Falcon the number one weapons machine of the 20th Fighter Wing“In an air combat role, the F-sixteen’s maneuverability and combat radius (distance it is able to fly to enter air fight, stay, fight and return) until currently have exceeded that of all capability adversary fighter aircraft. It can locate goals in all climate situations and stumble on low flying aircraft in radar floor clutter. In an air-to-floor role, the F-16 can fly greater than 500 miles, deliver its weapons with superior accuracy, guard itself against enemy aircraft, and go back to its beginning point. An all-weather capability permits it to accurately supply ordnance at some stage in non-visible bombing conditions.”