US military plane goes down in massive plume of black smoke in California desert
A military plane believed to be a US Air Force F-16C Fighting Falcon crashed near Trona Airport in San Bernardino County, Calif., Wednesday morning.
A massive plume of black smoke can be seen in a video posted to X by DisasterAlert, followed by at least one person careening toward the ground with a parachute.
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The plane was part of the US Air Force Thunderbirds, the military’s official aerial demonstration team, the social media post said.
A witness called the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Office at 10:28 a.m. reporting that at least one pilot had ejected and was being transported to the hospital, according to the sheriff’s office.
The investigation is being handled by China Lake police at the Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake in Ridgecrest.
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