A US Air Force pilot safely escaped after an F-35 fighter jet crashed during a training mission at Eielson Air Force Base in ...

A pilot is safe after ejecting from an F-35 fighter jet that crashed at Eielson Air Force Base in Alaska, officials said.

Paul Townsend. The jet was on a training mission and was getting ready to land when "an in-flight emergency occurred," the Air Force said in a statement Wednesday. The pilot, who was not ...

An F-35 fighter jet crashed during a training exercise at Eielson Air Force Base in Alaska on Tuesday, but the pilot was safe ...

The pilot was carrying out a training mission, Colonel Paul Townsend, commander of the 354th Fighter Wing based at Eielson, told reporters. A spokesperson for the 354th Fighter Wing told Newsweek ...

Paul Townsend, commander of the 354th Fighter Wing. The aircraft went down during the landing phase of the flight, Townsend said at a news conference. The pilot declared an inflight emergency ...

It's unclear what led to the crash. Colonel Paul Townsend, commander of the 354th Fighter Wing, said at a news conference on Tuesday that the pilot experienced an "in-flight malfunction." ...

Paul Townsend, commander of the 354th Fighter Wing. Townsend added the base will work to prevent similar incidents in the future. "I can assure you the United States Air Force will conduct a ...