ENGELMANNREUTH, Germany, Aug. 11 (UPI) -- A pilot successfully ejected from a U.S. F-16 before it crashed early Tuesday in wooded area in Germany's Bavaria province.
The fighter jet departed from the U.S. Spangdahlem Air Base near Trier in west Germany and crashed in the county of Bayreuth while on a training mission for the U.S. Army Garrison Bavaria, near the city of Grafenwöhr in east Germany.