document: Two U.S. Air Force F-16 fighter jets crashed in the air today and exploded , an air force spokeswoman said . The accident occurred less than two hours after another F-16 crashed into the Black Forest . West German police said one pilot was killed in the in-flight crash . The Air Force spokeswoman , Capt. Gail Hayes , said the aircraft were on a training mission when they crashed near Bodenheim , about six miles south of Mainz . She said the aircraft , assigned to the 50th Tactical Fighter Wing at Hahn Air Base , crashed at 1:30 p.m. `` There was one person aboard each aircraft . The condition of those on board is unknown , '' Ms. Hayes told The Associated Press in a telephone interview from U.S. Air Force European headquarters at Ramstein Air Base . West German police spokesman Hugo Lenxweiler told the AP in a telephone interview that one of the pilots was killed in the accident . `` The other pilot was able to eject safely , '' Lenxweiler said . Lenxweiler said he did not know if the pilot who ejected suffered any injuries . Identities of the pilots were not immediately released . He said the planes crashed within several hundred yards of a populated area but that no one on the ground was hurt . He said preliminary information indicated that one of the F-16s rammed the other from behind . Both planes exploded on impact , he said . The other crash occurred about 90 miles away . Air Force Spokesman 1st Lt. Al Sattler said the pilot in the Black Forest crash ejected safely before the crash and was taken to Ramstein Air Base to be examined . Police in Karlsruhe said the crash occurred at noon -LRB- 6 a.m. EDT -RRB- near the village of Marxzell-Burbach . Sattler said the aircraft was from the 52nd Tactical Fighter Wing , stationed at Spangdahlen Air Base . The aircraft was taking part in a NATO military tactical air exercise being conducted from the Canadian air force base in Baden-Soellingen , Sattler said . West German police and U.S. military personnel secured the area of the crashes , and teams of experts were sent to the accident sites to determine the cause of the crashes .
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