According to a report by Germany's Southwest Broadcasting Company on the 22nd, a US F-16 fighter plane crashed that afternoon at the US military's Spangdahlem Air Force Base in western Germany, injuring 1 person. The report quoted sources as saying that the wrecked fighter had an accident during flight training, and the pilot ejected the fighter to escape before it crashed. The US Army's Spangdahlem Air Force Base is located in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, and the US Air Force F-16 fighter squadron is stationed.

According to a report by Germany's Southwest Broadcasting Company on the 22nd, a US F-16 fighter plane crashed that afternoon at the US military's Spangdahlem Air Force Base in western Germany, injuring 1 person. The report quoted sources as saying that the wrecked fighter had an accident during flight training, and the pilot ejected the fighter to escape before it crashed. The US Army's Spangdahlem Air Force Base is located in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, and the US Air Force F-16 fighter squadron is stationed.