Posted on 11/18/2010 8:42:04 PM PST by ErnstStavroBlofeld
The Air Force has identified the pilot missing after the Alaska crash of an F-22 Raptor jet as Capt. Jeffrey Haney.
Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson spokeswoman Corinna Jones said Thursday that Haney is from Jackson, Mich. He's assigned to the 525th Fighter Squadron.
His single-seat F-22 took off Tuesday from the Anchorage base for a nighttime training run. The aircraft and a second F-22 were nearing completion of their mission when one jet disappeared from ground radar tracking Tuesday evening. Searchers found the crash site Wednesday about 100 miles north of Anchorage.
Rescue teams continue to search the area, looking for any sign of a parachute or fire started by the pilot.
The Air Force has not established whether the ejection seat was deployed
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UPDATE
THe USAF just finished a presser at the base
As feared, the ACES II was in the A/C - they are looking for what they can now find of the pilot.
PLease pray for the family - he had a wife and 2 children, who live in nearby Eagle River....
UPDATE
THe USAF just finished a presser at the base
As feared, the ACES II was in the A/C - they are looking for what they can now find of the pilot.
PLease pray for the family - he had a wife and 2 children, who live in nearby Eagle River....
Thank you for giving me the news. The family will be my prayers
Ya, lots of folks here are bumbed - was some hope held out that he could have punched - but no ELT/ground comms kinda said otherwise.
Might want to add the poor folks doing the A/C recovery - cold, wet and dark out there.....
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