The World - News from June 18, 1986
A U.S. Air Force air-refueling jet tanker crashed into the jungle while trying to land at Panama’s Howard Air Base, killing all four crew members aboard, military officials said. A U.S. Southern Command spokesman said that the KC-135 Stratotanker, based at Grissom Air Force Base in Indiana, crashed before dawn just south of Rodman Naval Base, half a mile south of Howard, while on final approach. The identities of the dead were not immediately released.
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