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

[Blair Thompson]

Bad ending.

http://wtvr.com/2014/08/28/massachusetts-air-national-guard-crash/

Air National Guard pilot killed in jet crash had more than 17 years of flying experience

Posted 6:56 am, August 28, 2014, by Sandra Jones and Nick Dutton, Updated at 12:17pm, August 29, 2014 

DEER VALLEY, Va. — Officials have released the name of the Massachusetts Air National Guard pilot killed when his F-15C Eagle crashed Wednesday morning in remote mountains near Deerfield Valley, Virginia.

Investigators finally reached the crash site Thursday afternoon after navigating along logging roads, fire trails and forest roads in the rocky and wooded George Washington National Forest. ... Members of the crash investigation team said the pilot, who had not been able to eject from the aircraft, was pronounced dead at the scene. ... Officials announced Friday morning that Lt. Col. Morris “Moose” Fontenot Jr. was killed in the crash.

Fontenot served with the 104th Fighter Wing as the full-time Wing Inspector General, responsible for the implementation of the Air Force Inspection System and as an F-15 instructor pilot with more than 2,300 flight hours.   Fontenot, a 1996 Air Force Academy graduate, was also a Weapons School Graduate with more than 17 years of F-15 flying experience.

Fontenot  was a decorated combat veteran, earning the Meritorious Service Medal, Air Medal, Aerial Achievement Medal, Air Force Commendation Medal, Air Force Achievement Medal, and Combat Readiness Medal among others.
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