Thursday, November 18, 2010

Missing F-22 Raptor Found, But Status Of Pilot Is Still Unknown

Crashed: The wreckage from a missing F-22 Raptor plane has been found 100 miles north of Anchorage, Alaska

Search For Pilot Of F-22 Fighter Jet After It Crashed In Remote Alaska -- The Daily Mail

An aerial search is underway in the Alaskan wilderness after a U.S. fighter pilot crashed during a training exercise.

A single-seat F22 fighter jet - the most sophisticated in the U.S. Air Force fleet - left Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage on a routine training run but crashed after 80 minutes of flight on Tuesday evening.

Wreckage of the high-speed aircraft has been found about 100 miles north of Anchorage but officials hope the as-yet-unnamed pilot could have survived the crash.

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Update: Rescue crew finds wreckage of missing plane -- CNN

My Comment: Our thoughts and prayers are with the family of this missing airman.

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