June 24 (UPI) -- The U.S. Navy identified a pilot who died while performing a mission at an airbase in New Mexico on Friday.
Lt. Christopher Carey Short, of Canandaigua, N.Y., died when the A-29 aircraft he was piloting crashed while on a mission over the Red Rio Bombing Range, which is part of White Sands Missile Range north of Holloman Air Force Base, the Navy announced late Saturday.
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