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Pilot killed in U-2 spy plane crash in California

By David Brown
Published September 20, 2016 1:52pm ET
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Pilot killed in U-2 spy plane crash in California
One pilot died when a U-2 reconnaissance airplane crashed in California on Tuesday, the Air Force said. The other aviator is injured. The plane went down in Sutter County, north of Sacramento, according to a tweet for the Air Force Press Desk. We can confirm a U-2 from @9thRW Beale AFB has gone down in […]

One pilot died when a U-2 reconnaissance airplane crashed in California on Tuesday, the Air Force said. The other aviator is injured.

The plane went down in Sutter County, north of Sacramento, according to a tweet for the Air Force Press Desk.

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