F-16 fighter jet crashes near Bagdad, Arizona

An F-16 fighter jet crashed near Bagdad, Arizona on Thursday morning, the U.S. Air Force said in a statement. "An F-16 Fighting Falcon assigned to the 56th Fighter Wing at Luke Air Force Wing crashed at approximately 8:45 a.m. today," the statement said. The cause of the crash was not immediately known, and a military panel has been established to conduct an investigation.