1 pilot dead, 1 injured in US Air Force plane crash

One pilot is dead and another hospitalized after a plane crash at a Texas Air Force base, CNN reported.

A T-38C Talon crashed on 7:40 pm local time at the Laughlin Air Force Base, officials said on Laughlin's official Facebook page. The plane is considered a training aircraft.

The names of the pilots are being withheld pending next-of-kin notification, according to an Air Force statement.

The surviving pilot was transported to Val Verde Regional Medical Center in Del Rio.

Emergency responders are on the scene and the crash will undergo an investigation by a board of officers, according to the Air Force statement.

The Laughlin Air Force Base is approximately 150 miles west of San Antonio, Texas and is the largest training base in the US Air Force.