Aircraft Down - Litchfield Road & Northern Avenue, Glendale, AZ 85307
Aircraft down (F-16 fighter jet) reported down in a field adjacent to the Luke Air Force Base at Litchfield Road & Northern Avenue in Glendale, Arizona.
Units responding: E121 E303 E307 E833 H-151 W-121(301) W-302 C303 LUKEHQ SQ44 LT181 LT305 BC151 BC301 BC362 WDC BR303 BR307 M121 and U159. Battalion Chief 362 is command/incident commander.
[Update] Southwest Ambulance taking two pilots to Luke AFB Clinic as a precautionary measure. Media staged at Reems Rd & Northern Avenue. No damage to structures or private property has been reported.
[Final Update] An F-16 fighter jet with the 309th Fighter Squadron crashed here shortly before 7 p.m. MST in a field just west of the base. There were two pilots on board. Both safely ejected and have been recovered. Neither pilot was injured, according to the 56th Fighter Wing Public Affairs at Luke Air Force Base.
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