Turkey's military says an air force jet has crashed in central Turkey, killing the pilot.
The military says in a statement that the Northrop F-5 plane went down near the city of Konya on Tuesday during a training flight. It says the cause of the crash was under investigation.
The state-run Anadolu Agency says the plane belonged to the Air Force's aerobatic team, the Turkish Stars.
The Turkish Stars (Turkish: Türk Yıldızları are the aerobatic demonstration team of the Turkish Air Force and the national aerobatics team of Turkey.
The team was formed on November 7, 1992 and was named the Turkish Stars on January 11, 1993.
Turkish Stars fly with eight Canadair NF-5s, making them one of the few national aerobatics teams to fly supersonic aircraft, and the only one with formations of eight supersonic jets. Twelve F-5s are available to the team.
The team uses C-130 Hercules and Transall C-160 support aircraft in Turkish Stars colours.
In Baku/Azerbaijan on August 24, 2001 Turkish Stars demonstrated a show to more than one million people,that is to be a world record.