TSgt. Leslie D. Williams, 36, of Juneau, Alaska, has died in Afghanistan, the Defense Department announced Thursday. Williams, an airman assigned to the 4th Maintenance Group at Seymour Johnson AFB, N.C., died on Tuesday due to a non-combat-related incident at Bagram Airfield, according to DOD.
An F-16 Fighting Falcon assigned to the Texas Air National Guard’s 149th Fighter Wing crashed during a training mission in Michigan on Sept. 17. The fighter's sole pilot ejected and is in stable condition at a local hospital.
