The Latest: Military: Pilot of crashed F-16 out of hospital
Military officials say a pilot whose F-16 crashed near Washington has been released from the hospital after being treated for minor injuries.
The pilot is with the District of Columbia Air National Guard and was flying one of four fighter jets from Maryland to a shooting range in Pennsylvania for a training exercise.
A homeowner who lives near a fighter jet crash site in a Washington suburb says the remains of the plane are in his backyard.
Fire officials say it's "very fortunate" that no one was killed when a fighter jet crashed in a wooded area near a neighborhood southeast of Washington.
Acting fire chief Ben Barksdale says pieces of the plane were on fire when crews arrived and firefighters used water and foam to extinguish them.
The military says a fighter jet pilot on a training mission ejected safely before the aircraft crashed a few miles from the U.S. capital.
Air Force officials said in a statement Wednesday that the D.C. Air National Guard F-16C was flying with other aircraft when it crashed in a wooded area in Clinton, a Washington suburb that's about 6 miles (nearly 10 kilometers) southwest of Joint Base Andrews.
Prince George's County fire department spokesman Mark Brady tells WRC-TV that a pilot parachuted out of the aircraft and was picked up by a military helicopter.