The F-16 fighter jet, which was flying in a routine training mission, plummeted around 9:15 a.m. about six miles from Joint Base Andrews.

The crash took place 15 miles south of the U.S. Air Force Academy.

An apartment complex in Virginia Beach was engulfed in flame and smoke after a U.S. Navy F/A-18 Hornet jet crashed shortly after noon, The Virginian-Pilot reports.