F-16 Fighting Falcon News

September 17, 1997 (by Lieven Dewitte) - A South Korean-manufactured F-16 fighter jet crashed on Thursday south of Seoul but the pilot survived the accident, a South Korean Air Force statement said. It was the second F-16 crash in less than two months.
On August 6 the same U.S. -designed fighter jet went down in the Kyonggi province surrounding Seoul during a training session.