A PILOT has been killed after a fighter jet crashed near the Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada on Monday.
Witnesses said black smoke from the wreckage could be "seen for miles" rising from N. Christy Lane, near Judson Avenue, Las Vegas.
The Clark County Fire Department has confirmed the pilot involved in the crash is dead.
It remains unclear whether they died during or after the crash.
The crash was reported at 2245 N. Christy Lane, just south of Nellis Air Force Base, at 2:30 pm.
According to KTNV police said that a military plane crashed in the backyard of a home near Cheyenne and Nellis.
Nellis Air Force Base tweeted: "A contractor-operated aircraft that took off from Nellis Air Force Base crashed at approximately 2:30 p.m. May 24 outside the southern edge of the base.
"Multiple federal and local first responders are on scene. The incident is under investigation."
The plane was a Dassault Aviation Mirage F-1 - a French-made fighter jet.
The National Transportation and Safety Board said it is investigating.
Crews from Clark County Fire Department and Las Vegas Metropolitan Police were on the scene, reports Fox5Vegas.
A school clerk with Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School told the outlet: "We heard the jet. It was really loud and it just stopped.
"Classes outside saw it."
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Pilot killed after fighter jet CRASHES near Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada as smoke seen billowing from wreckage
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