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COMPACAF appoints AIB president for Osan F-16 crash
Posted 4/24/2012 Updated 4/24/2012
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Release Number: 041202
4/24/2012 - JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- An accident investigation board convened Apr. 5 to investigate the crash of an F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter aircraft assigned to the 36th Fighter Squadron, Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea.
The pilot safely ejected from the F-16 before it crashed into a rice field near Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Mar. 21. No injuries were reported.
The AIB president is Lt. Col. William R. Jones, 8th Operations Group deputy commander, Kunsan Air Base.
Jones is a command pilot with more than 1,900 flight hours, to include the T-38 Talon trainer aircraft and the F-16.
For follow-on questions regarding this release, contact the U.S. Pacific Air Forces public affairs office at (808) 448-3214 or 3207 from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (HST), Monday through Friday.
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