A Greek Air Force T-2 aircraft has crashed near Kalamata Airport in Greece.
The disaster occurred during a training mission just after 10am this morning.
The two-seater T-2 aircraft departed from the 120th Air Training Wing.
Shortly after it was involved in an unknown incident that caused an explosion and a crash.
An officer was reportedly on board the plane and his fate has not been released.
There are no reports of a person being seen evacuating the plane by parachute.
The T-2 Buckeye is the only training jet of the Air Force , and with it the Ikari and the new Second Lieutenants complete their training.
The T-2E can carry up to 3500 lb of ordnance on 6 wing carriers including machine gun and rocket pods. It can be used for training with a weapon load, but also take on a combat role if required.
It has a tricolor variation of green, brown and white.