Two fighter jets collided during the Gunfighter Skies air show at Mountain Home Air Force Base in Idaho. This video shows the moment of impact and four crew members ejecting.
An air show at Mountain Home Air Force Base in southwestern Idaho was canceled on Sunday after two Navy jets collided midair and crashed during a demonstration, forcing four crew members to eject safely from the aircraft, authorities and base officials said.
Four crew members of military jets eject safely following a mid-air collision during the Idaho air show outside Mountain Home Air Force Base in Idaho, May 17, in this screengrab obtained from a handout video.
Mountain Home Air Force Base Honor Guard is pictured presenting the colors while F-15E Strike Eagles assigned to the 391st Fighter Squadron "Bold Tigers" and F-15SGs assigned to the 428th Fighter Squadron "Buccaneers" fly in formation on May 16.
Senior Airman Whitney Gillespie, 366th Fighter Wing/Department of Defense
A C-47 "Betsy's Biscuit Bomber" flies over the U.S. Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron "Thunderbirds" during the Gunfighter Skies Air Show at Mountain Home Air Force Base on May 16.
Senior Airman Xavier Wilson, 366th Fighter Wing/Department of Defense
Mountain Home Air Force Base Honor Guard is pictured presenting the colors while F-15E Strike Eagles assigned to the 391st Fighter Squadron "Bold Tigers" and F-15SGs assigned to the 428th Fighter Squadron "Buccaneers" fly in formation on May 16.
Senior Airman Whitney Gillespie, 366th Fighter Wing/Department of Defense
A C-47 "Betsy's Biscuit Bomber" flies over the U.S. Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron "Thunderbirds" during the Gunfighter Skies Air Show at Mountain Home Air Force Base on May 16.
Senior Airman Xavier Wilson, 366th Fighter Wing/Department of Defense
Four crew members of military jets eject safely following a mid-air collision during the Idaho air show outside Mountain Home Air Force Base in Idaho, May 17, in this screengrab obtained from a handout video.
