Reply #45: Very sad. MSNBC is reporting the same story. [View All]

[IndianaGreen]

1 of 2 F-15 pilots rescued in Gulf of Mexico dies

EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. - One of the two pilots rescued from the Gulf of Mexico after their fighter jets crashed Wednesday has died, the Air Force said.

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A Coast Guard rescue jet located one pilot and radioed the location to a fishing vessel, which picked him up, said Coast Guard Petty Officer James Harless. A Coast Guard helicopter then hoisted the pilot off the vessel.

That pilot told rescuers he saw the other pilot also eject but lost him in the clouds, Harless said. He told them the approximate location for the second pilot, who was found by a Coast Guard helicopter, Harless said.

No debris from the jets has been found, Harless said.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23262052/