US F16 Fighter Jet Crashes in Michigan During Training

…Base San Antonio-Lackland in Texas participating in the Michigan exercises, Gutierrez said. Wendy Sobeck, who lives in the area with her husband, said they initially believed a vehicle had crashed near their home. “ We thought there was a car accident outside our house. We saw big billowing black smoke. We couldn’t tell what it was, so my husband got into his pickup truck and saw what happened ,” she said. “You could see the plane debris in the field. Explosions kept happening," she said, as quoted by AP. Her husband, Fred Sobeck, 65, said he saw flames after driving toward the crash site. “Police told me to…

…saw what happened,” she said. “You could see the plane debris in the field. Explosions kept happening," she said, as quoted by AP. Her husband, Fred Sobeck, 65, said he saw flames after driving toward the crash site. “ Police told me to get out of there because of explosions ,” he said, recalling a “big fireball in the field” near a house and a camper. Neither structure was hit, he said. The US military began operating F-16s in 1979. The Air Force Safety Center records at least 14 Class A…