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The F-16 was on a routine training mission and is assigned to the 388th Fighter Wing at Hill Air Force Base.

No further information on the condition of the pilot or the cause of the accident is available at this time.

More information will be provided as details become available.

6/23/2009 - HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah -- A search team located the site where an F-16 crashed at the Utah Test and Training Range June 22 around 10:25 p.m.

No contact has been made with the pilot.

Base emergency responders will go the site, which is in a remote area of the range, this morning to continue search and rescue efforts.

The F-16 was on a routine training mission and is assigned to the 388th Fighter Wing at Hill Air Force Base.

A board of officials will convene to determine the cause of the incident.

More details will be released as they become available.

Doesn't sound good.

6/24/2009 - HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah -- Base officials confirmed that an F-16 pilot from the 388th Fighter Wing was killed June 22 at about 10:25 p.m. while flying a training mission at the Utah Test and Training Range about 35 miles south of Wendover, Utah.

"We can now confirm that we have lost a fellow pilot," said Col. Scott Dennis, 388th Fighter Wing commander, during a press conference June 23. "After several hours of search and rescue efforts, we have identified the pilot at the crash site."

Colonel Dennis said the immediate family was notified and the Air Force's first priority is to support the pilot's family and the Air Force's family during this time.

"I want to thank everyone for their outpouring of support," he said. "I just ask that you keep the pilot's family in your thoughts and prayers."

When the mishap occurred, the pilot was part of a four-ship of F-16s flying a close air support mission that involved training with ground forces. The wing has temporarily ceased flying operations, but expects to resume flying June 24.

"Every time we fly a training or combat mission, the safety of our people is a top priority. We lost an irreplaceable member of our Air Force," Colonel Dennis said. "We will do all we can to determine the cause of the mishap to ensure we are doing everything possible to keep our military members free from harm."

A board of officials will convene to determine the cause of the accident.

More details will be released when they become available.

...RIP

That's so sad.

It triggers a memory of a fragment of a movie I saw along time ago.
Seems like Laura Dern, was the wife of a F-16 pilot that crashed.
And she did not except what she was told as the result of the crash.
She did her own investigation and found out the cause was wire chaffing.
It might have been based on a true story. I can't remember.

RIP