U-2 pilot identified

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Department of Defense officials identified the pilot killed in a U-2 surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft crash June 22 in Southwest Asia.

Maj. Duane Dively, 43, of Rancho California, Calif., had completed flying a mission supporting Operation Enduring Freedom and was returning to his base when the crash occurred. He was deployed to the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing at a forward-deployed location from the 1st Reconnaissance Squadron at Beale Air Force Base, Calif.

The cause of the crash is under investigation.