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Jet crash kills two from NATO trainer unit

Published: May 1, 2008 at 2:23 PM
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WICHITA FALLS, Texas, May 1 (UPI) -- Two fliers were killed Thursday when their training plane crashed at Sheppard Air Force Base in Texas.

Officials at the the 82nd Training Wing said in a written statement that the T-38C Talon went down Thursday morning on the base.

The names of the victims or their nationalities weren't released and the crash was under the investigation.

The statement said the Talon was assigned to the 80th Flying Training Wing at Sheppard. The 80th is a part of the Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training Program, which trains NATO fighter pilots.



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