A fighter jet with the Air Force’s elite Thunderbirds demonstration squadron crashed in the Southern California desert Wednesday, but the pilot managed to eject safely, the military said. The pilot was being treated at a hospital for injuries that were not life-threatening, according to the San Bernardino County Fire Department. | Today Show

A US Air Force F-16 fighter jet crashed near the Trona airport in southern California on Wednesday, the military confirmed. The pilot safely ejected and is in stable condition. US Air Force Sgt Jovante Johnson said the aircraft was an F-16C Fighting Falcon assigned to the Air Force Thunderbirds, the service's aerial demonstration squadron based at Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada. The jet went down at about 10:45 local time on Wednesday during a training mission. The cause of the crash is under i