ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) – Nine days after making an emergency landing in St. Paul due to engine issues, two American F-16 fighter jets based in South Korea have returned to the skies.
Video captured by a viewer on the ground Wednesday showed both jets taking off.
The two jets had left Kunsan K-8 Air Base in South Korea and were on their way to Eielson Air Force Base in Fairbanks on May 19 to “support upcoming exercises” when one of them suffered an “engine malfunction,” according to U.S. Air Force 8th Fighter Wing public affairs 1st Lt. Lauren Niemi…