A-10 crashes at Nellis, pilot safe Published Nov. 19, 2003 NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. (AFPN) -- An A-10 Thunderbolt II assigned to the 57th Wing here crashed Nov. 18 on the Nevada Test and Training Range, about 20 miles northeast of Indian Springs.The pilot of the single-seat aircraft, Capt. John Dyer, ejected from the aircraft safely. He was treated and released from Mike O’Callaghan Federal Hospital in Las Vegas. Dyer is a student at the U.S. Air Force Weapons School here.A board of officers will investigate the cause of the accident.