GOV/MIL Six Dead in B-52 Crash, Air Force Says

MC2006

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NOT SURE IF THIS IS A DUPE REGARDING ALL CREW LOST.... :(

Six Dead in B-52 Crash, Air Force Says





A U.S. B-52 strategic bomber killed all six airmen on board when it crashed in the Pacific Ocean off the island of Guam Monday, the Air Force said yesterday (see GSN, July 22).

Search crews have recovered the bodies of two men killed in the crash and forensic experts are attempting to link other remains to members of the flight crew, the Air Force said in a statement.

A group of Air Force of officers has launched an investigation into the crash, the Associated Press reported.

"Losing this bomber crew has been a tragedy felt by everyone here and across the Air Force," said Brig. Gen. Douglas Owens, who commands the 36th Wing at Andersen Air Force on Guam.

"It's extremely difficult to suspend this search," said Capt. Thomas Sparks, head of the Coast Guard's Guam division. "Our hearts go out to the families of the victims and the entire Coast Guard grieves for their loss" (Jaymes Song, Associated Press/Washington Post, July 24).
 

jesner

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Massena, NY mourns local Air Force pilot

The town of Massena is in mourning over the death of a local Air Force pilot. Major Christopher Cooper's B-52 bomber crashed Monday on its way to a parade flyover in Guam. Cooper, a 1992 graduate of Massena Central High School, was a decorated Iraq and Afghanistan veteran

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