American, Japanese pilots killed in Columbus AFB jet crash
A pilot with the Japanese Air Force died in Friday s crash of a jet from Columbus Air Force Base along with the instructor from the United States Air Force.
Posted: Feb 20, 2021 6:59 PM
Updated: Feb 22, 2021 11:13 AM
Posted By: Craig Ford
COLUMBUS AIR FORCE BASE, Miss. (WTVA) A pilot with the Japanese Air Force died in Friday s crash of a jet from Columbus Air Force Base along with his United States Air Force instructor.
Colonel Seth Graham, the commander of the 14th Flying Training Wing at the base, revealed that during a Saturday news conference concerning the crash at the airport in Montgomery, Alabama.
The U.S. Air Force says a 24-year-old instructor pilot and a student pilot from the Japanese Air Self Defense Force were killed when a trainer jet crashed in Alabama
Air Force releases name of flight instructor killed in Alabama plane crash The Associated Press February 21 A pair of T-38 Talon aircrafts prepare to take off July 15, 2020, on Columbus Air Force Base, Miss. (Senior Airman Jake Jacobsen/Air Force) MONTGOMERY, Ala. The U.S. Air Force said Sunday that a flying instructor and a student pilot from the Japanese Air Self Defense Force were killed when a trainer jet crashed in Alabama. The Air Force released the name of the instructor who died when the T-38C Talon trainer aircraft crashed Friday near Montgomery, Alabama. He was identified as Scot Ames Jr., a 24-year-old instructor pilot with the 50th Flying Training Squadron at Columbus Air Force Base in Mississippi. He was from Pekin, Indiana.