An F-15C fighter jet based at a National Guard facility in Massachusetts crashed Wednesday into a national forest in central Virginia, USA Today quoted an Air Force spokesperson as saying.
The jet is a one-person craft and the status of the pilot was not immediately known, Maj. Candice Ismirle said.
Authorities searching the George Washington and Jefferson National Forest near Deerfield, Va., were questioning a witness who reported seeing an ejection from the jet and a parachute, according to emergency scanner traffic. The witness' account could not be immediately confirmed.