Pilot OK After Ejection, F-15 Crash
An Air National Guard F-15 Eagle fighter from the 131st Fighter Wing crashed into a southwestern Indiana farm field during a training exercise Wednesday.
The jet was practicing with F-16s from the 181st Fighter Wing when its crashed at 10:49 a.m. EDT in a lightly populated rural area near the Indiana-Illinois state line, south of Vincennes.
Witness Willie Mayberry told WFIE TV station that he saw two jets dogfighting before the crash.
"I seen two jets fighting, one made aloop and then I saw a parachute open, and then a little while later I saw the plane hit the ground and a ball of fire come off of it."
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