The pilot ejected and parachuted to safety before the Air National Guard fighter plane hit the warehouse in an industrial area across the freeway from March Reserve Air Base on Thursday afternoon. The air base commander, Col. Melissa Coburn, declined to describe the aircraft's armament. The crash happened during a training mission, March Air Reserve Base Deputy Fire Chief Timothy Holliday said. The pilot is from the 144th Fighter Wing, an Air National Guard unit based in Fresno, and the F-16 belongs to the South Dakota Air National Guard in Sioux Falls. The base is home to the Air Force Reserve Command's Fourth Air Force Headquarters and various units of the Army Reserve, Navy Reserve, Marine Corps Reserve, California Air National Guard and California Army National Guard.

Source: Fox News May 17, 2019 05:26 UTC