7/30/2008 - NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. (AFPN) -- A pilot from Nellis Air Force Base was killed after an Air Force F-15D Eagle crashed on the Nevada Test and Training Range approximately 50 miles east of Goldfield, Nev., at approximately 11:30 a.m. July 30.
The F-15D, a two-seater, assigned to the 65th Aggressor Squadron at Nellis Air Force Base, was participating in a combat training mission as part of Exercise Red Flag 08-03.
The other pilot from the aircraft was transported to the hospital on base at approximately 1:30 p.m. and is under observation and in stable condition.
Both pilots were assigned to the 65th AS, whose mission is to simulate opposing enemy air forces during Red Flag exercises here.
The names of the pilots involved are being withheld pending notification of the next of kin.
A board of officials is being convened to investigate.
