[Scan-DC] Military plane crashes in Augusta County, Virginia

[John Wilson]

Crashed in Augusta Co. this morning.  Pilot believed to ejected. 
Deerfield, VA VFD is  DMA ac/ground search contact.  Chute sited near 
Highway 60.  Smoke plume seen on or near an unknown mountain...possibly 
a/c.  DMA command and DMA search a/c from Marion, VA and Ft. Pickett and 
Chesterfield Ops command comms on tg 4529 on STARS Division 1.  On site 
ground comms on VTAC1.  "Legend 7"(Lakota a/c)  and "Dustoff 63"  helo 
are the two DMA search aircraft.  One a/c may have spotted something in 
a valley between two mountains.  Witness saw a deployed chute.@ 38.203 
lat and -79.339 long.

John
W4UVV


Blair Thompson wrote:
> http://www.dailyprogress.com/news/local/update-military-plane-crashes-in-augusta-county/article_feb0cff0-2df4-11e4-b96f-0017a43b2370.html
>
> Posted: Wednesday, August 27, 2014 10:18 am |  Updated: 11:37 am, Wed Aug 27, 2014.
> The AP
>
> DEERFIELD, Va. — Military officials say the jet that crashed in western Virginia was an Air Force F-15C based in Massachusetts, and the pilot's status is unknown.
>
> Pentagon spokesman Air Force Lt. Col. Tom Crosson says the pilot of the single-seat aircraft was with the 104th Fighter Wing of the Massachusetts Air National Guard.
>
> Guard spokesman Maj. Matthew Mutti says the jet was on a standard training exercise Wednesday with no munition onboard. He didn't say where it was headed or release the pilot's name.
>
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