USAF F16s collide

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The Air Force says crews are searching for an F-16 fighter pilot off the coast of South Carolina after two jets collided Thursday night.

Senior Master Sgt. Brad Fallin at Shaw Air Force Base says the two planes collided around 8:30 p.m. Thursday about 40 miles off Folly Beach, near Charleston, during night training exercises. Each plane was carrying one person.

Fallin says one jet landed safely at Charleston Air Force Base, but the location of the other plane and pilot is unknown.

Fallin says the Coast Guard is currently searching the with two helicopters and two service vessels

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According New York Daily News,

US Air Force officials say a missing fighter pilot probably died instantly when his fighter jet collided with another plane over the Atlantic Ocean.

Authorities on Saturday night (Sunday NZ) called off the search for Captain Nicholas Giglio, who has been missing since the Thursday night crash.

Air Force Colonel Joe Guastella says experts analysed data from the second plane, which landed safely, and interviewed the surviving pilot to determine Giglio's fate.

The colonel says investigators believe parts on the bottom of the second plane pierced into the canopy of Giglio's plane on Thursday night as they collided about 48 kilometres northeast of Charleston.

The airman's family was told a few hours before the announcement.



so this is a very said news: condoling to the family of Captain Nicholas Giglio


John