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  • F-16 goes down in Great Salt Lake, pilot safe

    03/30/2006 6:34:05 PM PST · by Excuse_My_Bellicosity · 41 replies · 3,341+ views
    Salt Lake Tribune ^ | 3/30/2006 | Matthew D. LaPlante
    An F-16 fighter jet piloted out of Hill Air Force Base crashed in Carrington Bay in the Great Salt Lake Thursday afternoon. Base officials said the jet, from the 388th Fighter Wing's 421st Fighter Squadron, went down at 2:11 p.m., approximately 30 miles west of Hill Air Force Base. The pilot is said to have ejected safely, though was reportedly taken to a local hospital. Public safety officials reported that the plane came down in Carrington Bay, in the Great Salt Lake. The aircraft was conducting a close-air support training mission over the northern Utah Test and Training Range. An...