A US F-16 crashed several miles outside Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on Wednesday, two Air Force officials told CNN.

The crash took place about six miles outside the base, which is located in Prince George’s County.

The pilot ejected in “an unpopulated area” and “is OK,” one of the officials said, adding that the F-16 was from the 113th Fighter Wing.

Additional information was not immediately available. </s> MARYLAND (CNN) — A US F-16 crashed several miles outside Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on Wednesday, an Air Force official told CNN.

The crash took place about six miles outside the base, which is located in Prince George’s County.

The pilot ejected, said the official, who did not have additional information.

Stay with CBSPhilly.com for the latest on this developing story. </s> WASHINGTON, D.C. — A US F-16 crashed several miles outside Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on Wednesday, an Air Force official told CNN.

The crash took place about six miles outside the base, which is located in Prince George’s County.

The pilot ejected, said the official, who did not have additional information. </s> CLINTON, Md. — The Air Force says a pilot is safe after an F-16 crashed in Maryland.

The Air Force said Wednesday that the pilot was on a training mission in an F-16 from the Joint Base Andrews-based 113th Wing. Officials say the pilot ejected and is safe. The plane went down a few miles from Joint Base Andrews.

Prince George’s County fire department spokesman Mark Brady tells WRC-TV that one pilot parachuted out of the aircraft and was picked up by a military helicopter. He says the pilot was found in the same general area as the plane.

Brady says homes in the area are being evacuated. He says there are no other reports of injuries. He didn’t know whether anything on the ground was hit. </s> An F-16 military jet crashed Wednesday morning in Camp Springs, Maryland, near Joint Base Andrews, sources told NBC News.

The pilot ejected successfully, a military official confirmed. There is no update on his injuries.

A second person also ejected from the aircraft.

The Prince George’s County Fire Department confirmed it is investigating a plane crash. Some roads surrounding the crash site were immediately closed, reported NBC Washington.

The U.S. military did not immediately comment about the crash. </s> A D.C. Air National Guard F-16C fighter jet crashed several miles outside Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on Wednesday

Joint Base Andrews tweeted that the jet was “flying along with other DCANG aircraft in a routine training mission” when the crash occurred.

The crash took place about six miles outside the base, which is located in Prince George’s County.

The pilot ejected in “an unpopulated area” and “is OK,” officials said.

Hyde Field/Washington Executive Airpark, a nearby general aviation airport, posted on social media that the pilot “came down on airport property…and is okay.”

Stay with News 3 for more updates. </s> An F-16C fighter jet crashed Wednesday morning in a wooded area near Joint Base Andrews in Prince George’s County, Maryland, authorities said.

The single-engine aircraft, assigned to the 113th Wing of the D.C. Air National Guard, crashed about 9:15 a.m. just six miles south of the base. Officials at the base said the jet was flying with other Guard planes on a routine training mission.

The aircraft carried only one pilot, who ejected safely and sustained non-life threatening injuries, Andrews officials said.

“It’s very fortunate,” Prince George’s County Fire Chief Ben Barksdale told reporters Wednesday afternoon. “With a very heavily, densely populated area … for the pilot to be able to eject and not be injured, and for the plane to go down in a wooded area.”

Chief Barksdale said there was “trouble with the aircraft” before the crash, but he did not elaborate.

Fire department spokesman Mark Brady said the plane came down between two neighborhoods, about 200 yards from homes, in the area of Temple Hill Road and Woodells Court in Clinton. The crash ignited a small fire, which was quickly extinguished.

Fire officials were unable to confirm the cause of the plane crash, but they said there was no damage to nearby buildings and no one on the ground was injured.

People who live in the immediate area were evacuated to Clinton Grove Elementary School. Evacuees have been cleared to return to their homes. The school did not close.

Joint Base Andrews officials scheduled an afternoon press conference at the base.

Mr. Brady had been posting on social media photos and videos of the crash site. He later posted on Twitter: “At the request of Military Police on location at crash site I will be deleting any video and pictures posted on Social Media of crash area.”

In a tweet, the fire department spokesman advised residents who find anything they believe to be a part of the aircraft not touch or move it. They should call Joint Base Andrews at 240-857-8685.

The 113th Wing of the D.C. Air National Guard protects the nation capital’s airspace and deploys on global missions.

Known as the Fighting Falcon, the F-16 is the Air Force’s supersonic fighter that was first approved for production in 1976. </s> (FOX NEWS) DEVELOPING – A military fighter jet that left Joint Base Andrews crashed about six miles southwest of the base, officials say.

US Air Force officials told Fox News that an F-16 from DC National Guard went down south of National Harbor in Maryland near Andrews Air Force Base.

The pilot inside ejected safely and was taken to a local hospital for treatment. The pilot’s condition is unknown. </s> A military helicopter crashed on a golf course in Maryland Monday, killing one crew member and injuring two others, authorities said.

A UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter from U.S. Army Fort Belvoir in Fairfax County, Virginia, was conducting a training flight when it crashed at Breton Bay Golf Course in Leonardtown, Maryland, at around 1:37 p.m., the U.S. Army Military District of Washington said in a statement Monday afternoon.

One of the injured crew members was in serious condition and the other in critical condition, the statement said.

"We are deeply saddened by this loss within our community," Maj. Gen. Bradley A. Becker, commanding general for Joint Force Headquarters National Capital Region and the U.S. Army Military District of Washington, said in the statement. "Our condolences go out to the families and friends affected by this tragedy, and our team is focused on supporting them during this difficult time."

The cause of the crash was under investigation.

Earlier Monday, a U.S. military official told NBC News the helicopter had "suffered a hard landing" near Leonardtown, and that at least one was medically evacuated to a local hospital.

The St. Mary's County Sheriff's Office said in a post on Facebook that deputies and EMS personnel were at the scene of the crash, and urged people to avoid the area.

The incident came about two weeks after a fighter jet crashed in a wooded area near Joint Base Andrews in Maryland. That pilot, who was on a routine training mission at the time, was able to eject himself from the D.C. Air National Guard F-16C fighter jet. No one was injured on the ground, according to NBC Washington.
A USAF F-16 crashes shortly after takeoff from Joint Base Andrews in Prince George's County, Maryland. The pilot inside ejected safely and was taken to a local hospital with non-life threatening injuries.