US F-16 Pilot Rescued After Crash Off Japan's Coast

12:00 AM, July 23, 2012
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A U.S. military fighter F-16 jet crashed into the sea off northern Japan on July 22 . The pilot who went missing after the crash was rescued by Japanese marine research ship about 750 km off Nemuro, Hokkaido. The Japanese Coast Guard deployed search and rescue vessels to pick up the pilot after he ejected from the jet shortly before it crashed off northern Japan. The fighter had taken off with two other F-16s from Misawa air base in Aomori Prefecture. Lt. Gen. Sam Angelella, “We are especially pleased with the incredible support and cooperation" from the Japanese agencies, he said. "We cannot thank enough the crews of the F/V Hokko Maru who recovered our pilot from the North Pacific waters and the MV Manukai for accepting the pilot from the Japanese vessel to work his transition back home to Misawa."

US F-16 Pilot Rescued After Crash Off Japan's Coast

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