Navy Provides Video and Flight Recorder of F-16 in the Ocean: Air Force officials have underwater footage and the flight data recorder of the Shaw AFB, S.C., F-16 that crashed into the ocean on April 5, reports the Myrtle Beach Sun News. US Navy divers provided both. The Air Force sent the recorder to the Air Force Safety Center, Kirtland AFB, N.M., and will use the video to determine whether to salvage the aircraft. The accident is still under investigation. The pilot ejected and, at some point, suffered broken legs among other injuries.
President Donald Trump’s nominee for Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff touted his highly unusual background for the job as an asset and reaffirmed his commitment to stay apolitical during a confirmation hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee on April 1.