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Search continues for pilot of Madison-based F-16 jet that crashed in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula [The Wisconsin State Journal]
Dec. 9 The search continued Wednesday for a pilot of an F-16 Fighting Falcon jet based in Madison that crashed Tuesday night in the wilderness of Michigan’sUpper Peninsula during a scheduled training exercise.
It was not known if the pilot, with the Wisconsin Air National Guard’s 115th Fighter Wing at Truax Field, ejected from the aircraft just prior to it crashing about 15 miles northwest of Manistique, Michigan, and 250 miles from Madison.
“The status of the pilot is still unknown,” Capt. Leslie Westmont, of the state Department of Military Affairs told the Wisconsin State Journal Wednesday. “We don’t have any information on that right now.”