Another 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 pilot was on a training mission flying a F-16 Fighting Falcon over the Nevada Test and Training Range near Las Vegas when it crashed about 10:30 a.m. local time, the spokesman said.
The name of the pilot is being withheld pending notification of the family, the Air Force said in a statement early Thursday, adding that an investigation into the cause of the crash has begun.
The jet was part of the Air Force’s Thunderbirds Squadron, a flying team that performs aerial demonstrations across the United States as well as internationally.
The team’s upcoming performance at the March Air Force Reserve Base in Riverside County, on April 7 and April 8, has been cancelled according to the statement.
On Tuesday, a U.S. Marine Corps helicopter crashed during a training mission in Southern California. All four crew members are believed to have been killed.
Another Marine jet crashed in Djibouti on Tuesday. The pilot was in stable condition.









