document: A U.S. military jet crashed today in a remote , forested area in northern Japan , but the pilot bailed out safely and was taken by helicopter to an American military base , officials said . The pilot of the F-16C , Maj. Wyman E. Vanedoe , was listed in good condition soon after the crash , the U.S. Forces Japan Media Liaison Office in Tokyo said . Vanedoe 's home town was not immediately available , said a U.S. official who spoke on condition of anonymity . Isao Teranagare , spokesman of Iwate Prefecture -LRB- state -RRB- Police , said the pilot was taken by a Japanese rescue helicopter to the U.S. Air Base at Misawa in northern Japan . No one else was aboard the fighter , he said . The U.S. aircraft , belonging to the 14th Tactical Fighter Squadron at Misawa , was on a routine training flight with two other F-16s in partly cloudy skies when it crashed in a forested area in Iwate , police said . Iwate is about 290 miles north of Tokyo . The cause of the crash was under investigation . On March 22 , 1987 , another F-16 crashed in the Pacific Ocean off Misawa , 360 miles north of Tokyo . In that crash , the pilot also bailed out and was rescued by a helicopter . The F-16 , a powerful air-to-surface fighter , has a combat range of about 575 miles , according to Jane 's `` All The World 's Aircraft . '' About 50 F-16s are stationed at Misawa . Misawa is located about 440 miles south of a Soviet military base near Yuzhno Sakhalinsk on the island of Sakhalin .
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