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Yongsan Garrison, South Korea, Feb. 28, 2004: Retired Lt. Col. Herbert Carter, a former member of the first all-black fighter squadron in the Air Force nicknamed the Tuskegee Airmen, spoke at Osan Air Base for Black History Month in 2004.

The pilot in Wednesday's F-16 crash off the coast of South Korea is in "good condition," 7th Air Force Commander Lt. Gen. David Iverson said Thursday.

The commander of the 7th Air Force said there is no indication three F-16 crashes that occurred in the last year are connected.

The U.S. Air Force resumed flights on the Korean Peninsula on Thursday, a day after an F-16 Fighting Falcon went down in the Yellow Sea.

The pilot in Wednesday's F-16 crash off the coast of South Korea is in "good condition," 7th Air Force Commander Lt. Gen. David Iverson said Thursday.

The pilot of the latest U.S. F-16 crash off South Korea’s coast ejected safely and the cause of the “in-flight emergency” is under investigation, the Air Force announced.

A US Air Force F-16 fighter jet crashed after suffering an in-flight emergency off the coast of South Korea Wednesday in the third crash of one of the US military’s Korea-based warplanes in less than a year.

The F-16, assigned to the 8th Fighter Wing, experienced an in-flight emergency near Kunsan AB, South Korea, and crashed in the Yellow Sea.

The pilot of the latest U.S. F-16 crash off South Korea’s coast ejected safely and the cause of the “in-flight emergency” is under investigation, the Air Force announced.

An Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon out of South Korea crashed into the Yellow Sea on Wednesday after an in-flight emergency, according to the 8th Fighter Wing at Kunsan Air Base. The pilot safely ejected and was recovered roughly 50 minutes after the crash.