An Air Force Reserve Command pilot safely ejected as his F-16 crashed into the Gulf of Mexico near Key West, Fla. at about 7:30 p.m. Jan. 15. A Navy helicopter crew picked up the pilot, who was flying a training mission from the 482nd Fighter Wing at Homestead ARB, Fla. The Air Force will launch an investigation board.
Multiple U.S. Air Force F-15 fighters have deployed to the strategic outpost of Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean to protect the myriad of assets deployed there, including strategic bombers.