On the 20th of Japan time, the Air Self-Defense Force's aircraft crashed during training in Alabama, the southern part of the United States, and the Air Self-Defense Force died in an accident that killed a member of the 25-year-old belonging to Hamamatsu base in Shizuoka prefecture. I revealed that I was an Air Self-Defense Force.
Around 8 am on the 20th of Japan time and around 5 pm on the 19th of local time, a T38 trainer on which a member of the Air Self-Defense Force and a US Air Force pilot instructor were on board was in Alabama in the southern part of the United States during training. An attempt to land at an airport in the state crashed, killing two members and an instructor.
The Air Self-Defense Force has revealed that the dead member is Lieutenant Uezaki (25), who belongs to the Air Education Group Command at Hamamatsu Base in Shizuoka Prefecture.
In order to become a fighter pilot, he was learning maneuvering skills in the US Air Force curriculum.
The T38 trainer was a two-seater aircraft, and at that time, Lieutenant Uezaki was sitting in the front seat and training for takeoff and landing.
The Ministry of Defense confirms the detailed situation of the accident, such as who was piloting at that time, through liaison officers dispatched to the US Air Force.