One person killed, another injured in training accident at missile range
Source: Stars and Stripes
One person killed, another injured in training accident at missile range
By STARS AND STRIPES
Published: February 1, 2017
WASHINGTON – A civilian air ground control crewman was killed Tuesday in a training mishap involving two F-16 fighter jets at White Sands Missile Range, N.M. ... A second person, a member of the U.S. Air Force, was injured in the same incident, said Holloman Air Force Base spokesman 1st. Lt. Travis Schirner.
The incident took place at the Red Rio bombing range, an arid expanse covering roughly 196,000 acres within the military testing site. The two F-16s involved had deployed “air-to-surface ordinance,” leading to the incident at around 7:30 p.m., according to a statement released by base officials.
The two injured personnel were evacuated to the nearby Gerald Champion Memorial medical facility, where the civilian contractor was pronounced dead later that evening.
Base officials could not yet clarify if the deceased was an airman or a civilian worker. The two F-16 pilots, from the 54th Fighter Group, were not injured.
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