Zipgun
01-10-2002, 09:21 AM
LITTLE EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP, NJ: January 10, 2002 -
An F-16 with the New Jersey Air National Guard crashed Thursday morning near the Garden State Parkway during a training mission, officials said.
The pilot, based at the 177th Fighter Wing at Pomona, may have ejected from the aircraft, which went down near Atlantic City, officials said. The unit has been flying cover missions over major U.S. cities since the Sept. 11 attacks, though Pentagon officials said the flight was not being done as part of that mission for homeland security.
"Somebody did have confirmation that they did see the parachute," said Zoe Natasha, a spokeswoman for the New Jersey National Guard.
Col. John Dwyer of the Air National Guard said the plane "was not involved in a combat mission. This was involved in a training mission."
The plane crashed at about 10:45 a.m. and debris was scattered across the highway, a major north-south route, said John Hagerty, a state police spokesman. Hagerty did not know if anyone on the ground was injured.
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This message was edited by skidmark on 1-10-02 @ 1:27 PM
An F-16 with the New Jersey Air National Guard crashed Thursday morning near the Garden State Parkway during a training mission, officials said.
The pilot, based at the 177th Fighter Wing at Pomona, may have ejected from the aircraft, which went down near Atlantic City, officials said. The unit has been flying cover missions over major U.S. cities since the Sept. 11 attacks, though Pentagon officials said the flight was not being done as part of that mission for homeland security.
"Somebody did have confirmation that they did see the parachute," said Zoe Natasha, a spokeswoman for the New Jersey National Guard.
Col. John Dwyer of the Air National Guard said the plane "was not involved in a combat mission. This was involved in a training mission."
The plane crashed at about 10:45 a.m. and debris was scattered across the highway, a major north-south route, said John Hagerty, a state police spokesman. Hagerty did not know if anyone on the ground was injured.
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This message was edited by skidmark on 1-10-02 @ 1:27 PM