[Aggressors F 16]Staff Sgt. Shawn Nickel / US Air Force The Pentagon says that an F-16 fighter jet has crashed at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan. Pentagon press secretary Peter Cook says the pilot safely ejected and is being evaluated by medical personnel. Cook says the jet crashed during takeoff at the base outside Kabul on Tuesday. The pilot is part of the 455th Air Expeditionary Wing at Bagram. NOW WATCH: IAN BREMMER: Greece is headed for a humanitarian disaster