According to the Global Times, a US military F16 fighter plane stationed in South Korea crashed into the Yellow Sea on the morning of December 11, and the pilot of the plane ejected directly out of the capsule, escaped with his life, and has now been rescued. The plane crashed into the water after taking off from Gunsan Air Base, 178 kilometers south of Seoul, which is located on the west coast of South Korea adjacent to the Yellow Sea, and is the second largest of the US Air Force bases in South Korea, and is currently the only area where the US military has deployed an attack drone squadron, where there are more than 100 F16 fighters alone. Originally, this was an extremely inconspicuous piece of news, after all, the public had already seen such a thing as a US fighter plane crashing into the sea, and this was the second accident in which the same type of plane crashed into the sea in South Korea this year.
As early as the morning of May 6, an F-16 fighter of the 8th Combat Flight Regiment of the US military stationed in South Korea crashed into farmland near Osan Air Base in Pyeongtaek City, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea, and caused a fire. However, coincidentally, according to the China Maritime Safety Administration, from December 11 to 15, the People's Liberation Army (PLA) conducted military operations in the northern waters of the Yellow Sea, and the airspace in the relevant waters was classified as a forbidden area for other aircraft and ships to enter. When the two news are watched together, it is difficult not to make the audience not think about it. After all, without China's permission, planes from other countries would not and would not dare to fly into our airspace, and this time the US F-16 fighter plane crashed into the Yellow Sea region, that is, at our doorstep, purely because of its own improper operation. Many netizens said that the F-16 fighter plane that crashed this time was very likely to come to the Yellow Sea to watch the PLA exercise Xi and go back to find out some news.
However, having said that, there have been many crashes in the United States this year, in addition to the two crashes of the same F-16 fighter, there is also the fact that some time ago, a "Osprey" transport plane of the US military stationed in Japan crashed into the sea, and all eight members of the plane were killed. On November 10, a U.S. military crashed during training in the eastern Mediterranean, killing all five people on board. The F-16 fighter that crashed this time is one of the main forces of the US Air Force, and is regarded as the third to third-generation and half-generation fighters of the US military, with multi-purpose strike capabilities, and it is also the fighter model with the largest number of active fighters in the US Air Force. However, due to the long age of service, the problem of aging has slowly begun to worsen, and many of the F-16 fighters in service with the US military are still products of 1976, and they have been working for more than 40 years. In recent years, the problem of industrial hollowing out in the United States has become more and more serious, and the shortage of ship and aircraft chains caused by excessive capitalization has become more and more serious.
Previously, some US media said that due to maintenance delays and increasing costs, the sailing time of US sea ** boats is becoming less and less, which is a worrying trend. Second, there has been an increase in maintenance delays, component failures, and dismantling of U.S. ships, removing them from one ship to keep another running. There is also the hollowing out of industry that will inevitably lead to the loss of maintenance technical personnel, the shortage of the first chain, and the decline in the quality of military products. All kinds of problems such as these are exacerbating the reasons for the frequent crashes of US planes. If the United States does not let go of its arrogant posture and continues to cause trouble, I believe that there will be more and more crashes in the futureNet likes to be boring!