{"id":108173,"date":"2020-12-11T09:59:14","date_gmt":"2020-12-11T14:59:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=108173"},"modified":"2020-12-11T09:59:14","modified_gmt":"2020-12-11T14:59:14","slug":"f-16-crash-kills-pilot-uss-roosevelt-searching-for-overboard-sailor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=108173","title":{"rendered":"F-16 crash kills pilot, USS Roosevelt searching for overboard sailor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/f-16b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-84987\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/f-16b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"405\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/f-16b.jpg 405w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/f-16b-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 405px) 100vw, 405px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We were remiss in posting this sooner, but a Wisconsin Air National Guard F-16 crashed in the Michigan Upper Peninsula Tuesday night. We were hoping for news of the safe recovery of the pilot, but it was announced yesterday that they have found the pilot and he has died.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The missing pilot of a Madison-based F-16 Fighting Falcon jet was found dead after crashing Tuesday night in the wilderness of Michigan\u2019s Upper Peninsula, the Wisconsin National Guard said Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The Wisconsin Air National Guard\u2019s 115th Fighter Wing will not be releasing the pilot\u2019s name until 24 hours after the family is notified, per Department of Defense policy, according to a statement from the National Guard.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are deeply saddened by this tragic loss, and our thoughts and prayers are with family during this difficult time,\u201d said Col. Bart Van Roo, commander of the 115th Fighter Wing. \u201cToday is a day for mourning, and the 115th Fighter Wing along with the entire Wisconsin National Guard stands with the pilot\u2019s family as we grieve the loss of a great Airman, and patriot.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The cause of the crash is under investigation.<\/p>\n<p>The statement did not say if the pilot, with the 115th Fighter Wing at Truax Field, ejected from the jet before it crashed at around 8 p.m. Tuesday in the northeastern corner of Delta County, Michigan.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Thanks to KoB for bringing this to our attention. Source; <a href=\"https:\/\/madison.com\/wsj\/news\/local\/missing-pilot-of-madison-based-f-16-jet-found-dead-after-crash-in-michigans-upper\/article_634ccb36-ca55-5311-9c02-3c8c68223f96.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wisconsin State Journal<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/USS_Theodore_Roosevelt_at_sea.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-59401\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/USS_Theodore_Roosevelt_at_sea-238x333.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"238\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/USS_Theodore_Roosevelt_at_sea-238x333.jpg 238w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/USS_Theodore_Roosevelt_at_sea-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/USS_Theodore_Roosevelt_at_sea.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 238px) 100vw, 238px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>While that sad news was coming in, a lookout aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) spotted a sailor in the water off the coast of Southern California about 0730 hours yesterday. One sailor came up missing during an accountability check and a search is underway for the missing sailor. Next of kin has been notified and US Navy and Coast Guard ships are involved in the search and recovery operation.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to Jeff LPH 3 for sending this one in.<\/p>\n<p>Source; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2020\/12\/10\/search-underway-for-overboard-theodore-roosevelt-sailor\/?utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=EBB%2012.11.20&amp;utm_term=Editorial%20-%20Military%20-%20Early%20Bird%20Brief\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Navy Times\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We were remiss in posting this sooner, but a Wisconsin Air National Guard F-16 crashed in &hellip; <a title=\"F-16 crash kills pilot, USS Roosevelt searching for overboard sailor\" class=\"hm-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=108173\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">F-16 crash kills pilot, USS Roosevelt searching for overboard sailor<\/span>Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":664,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[187,463,332,119,286],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-108173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-air-force","category-air-national-guard","category-guest-post","category-navy","category-search-and-rescue-navy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108173","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/664"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=108173"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108173\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":108174,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108173\/revisions\/108174"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=108173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=108173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=108173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}