Air Force officials at Luke AFB, Ariz., confirmed during a Saturday afternoon press conference that the pilot of the F-16 that crashed in the rugged mountains about 80 miles west of Phoenix was found dead in a ravine near the aircraft wreckage. The Air Force was still withholding the name, but the Arizona Republic reports that officials said the pilot was a 26-year-old man who was about two months into the eight-month advanced flight training course. The Republic also reports that the mishap pilot was engaged in a mock dogfight with an instructor pilot when his F-16 crashed. Officials were uncertain Saturday whether he had attempted to ejects. His parachute was found near the wreckage. Search and rescue crews did not discover his body until Saturday morning.
Multiple B-21s are undergoing ground tests and being prepared to join the two aircraft now in test flight, and the Northrop Grumman is negotiating with the Air Force about how expanded production for the bomber could be accomplished, president and CEO Kathy Warden said Oct. 21. She also suggested a…
