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A desperate air and ground search is continuing through the night in a remote part of Deerfield, Virginia, looking for a missing F-15 fighter pilot, according to Corrine Geller, Virginia State Police spokeswoman. Augusta County officials have declared a state of emergency to allow all agencies to work on the search.
The Fighter jet crashed this morning but there were reports of a parachute seen and it's hoped the pilot ejected safely.
Search crew are looking for the Massachusetts National Guard pilot on foot and horseback, using canines.
Col. James Keefe, 104th Fighter Wing commander, said:
'At 09:05 am, Washington Center lost communication with one of our F-15C aircraft. It was flying a cross-country mission over western Virginia. We learned at 0930 that the aircraft had crashed at a remote site near the West Virginia border near a town called Deerfield.
"(It's) very remote, no cell towers down there....It's five to six miles from the crash site to nearest civilization,"
The pilot reported an in-flight emergency to Washington Center.'
http://lynnrmitchell.wordpress.com/...h-and-rescue-effort-for-military-jet-fighter/
http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2014/08/104th_fighter_wing_commander_s.html
http://www.newsleader.com/story/news/local/2014/08/27/report-plane-crash-deerfield/14675183/
The Fighter jet crashed this morning but there were reports of a parachute seen and it's hoped the pilot ejected safely.
Search crew are looking for the Massachusetts National Guard pilot on foot and horseback, using canines.
Col. James Keefe, 104th Fighter Wing commander, said:
'At 09:05 am, Washington Center lost communication with one of our F-15C aircraft. It was flying a cross-country mission over western Virginia. We learned at 0930 that the aircraft had crashed at a remote site near the West Virginia border near a town called Deerfield.
"(It's) very remote, no cell towers down there....It's five to six miles from the crash site to nearest civilization,"
The pilot reported an in-flight emergency to Washington Center.'
http://lynnrmitchell.wordpress.com/...h-and-rescue-effort-for-military-jet-fighter/
http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2014/08/104th_fighter_wing_commander_s.html
http://www.newsleader.com/story/news/local/2014/08/27/report-plane-crash-deerfield/14675183/