A veteran pilot has been released from the hospital after he was hurt when a fighter jet went down after completing an exercise with a military weapons school at an Air Force base near Las Vegas, officials say. The man who has more than two decades of fighter pilot experience was alone in an A-4 Skyhawk jet opposite Nellis' weapons school trainees. Poteet said the six-month weapons school is akin to "getting your Ph.D in flying," with a focus on honing combat skills. The wing supports the Air Force warfare test-and-evaluation activities, runs a graduate-level U.S. Air Force weapons school and serves as home to the Thunderbirds air demonstration team. Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Ian Gregor says the agency was notified that a military aircraft was involved in the crash.

Source: ABC News August 18, 2016 16:22 UTC