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A Wisconsin Air National Guard pilot who died when his F-16 crashed in Michigan during a nighttime training exercise in December had become disoriented after trying to fix a problem with his global positioning system, an Air Force accident report said. ....
By RICK NATHANSON | Albuquerque Journal, N.M. | Published: December 16, 2020 ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (Tribune News Service) Laser eye surgery was the game changer that allowed Durwood Jones, known to family and friends as Rocky, to renew his childhood interest in aviation and become a pilot in the military. Trading in his indoor work environment as a computer programmer and licensed trader with the Chicago Board of Trade, he took the more adventurous route of becoming a fighter jet pilot with the Wisconsin Air National Guard inspired by his younger brother, Maj. Robert Jones, who pilots fighter jets with the Oregon Air National Guard. ....
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Capt. Durwood “Hawk” Jones, 37, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, pictured here with his child, lost his life during an F-16 crash in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula Dec. 8. The Wisconsin Air National Guard’s 115th Fighter Wing identified today the pilot who died in an F-16 crash in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula Dec. 8. The pilot was Air Force Capt. Durwood “Hawk” Jones, 37, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, who is survived by his wife and two children. Capt. Jones died as a result of the crash during an evening training flight in Michigan’s Hiawatha National Forest, said Col. Capt. Jones joined the Air National Guard in 2011 and graduated from F-16 basic qualification training in 2015. He is a decorated combat veteran, deploying as a part of a United States Pacific Command Theater Support Package to Japan in 2015 and to Korea in 2017. He deployed again in support of Operation Freedom’s Sentinel to Afghanistan in 2019. ....