Pilot Downed in Bosnia Plans to Join Reserves

Air Force Capt. Scott F. O’Grady, the F-16 pilot shot down over Bosnia two months ago, said he plans to leave active duty this fall and transfer to the Air Force Reserve.

“All of this is positive,” O’Grady said in a written statement issued Monday by the public affairs office at the Pentagon.

O’Grady, 29, said that as an Air Force reservist he will continue flying and will act as a “positive spokesman for the military.”

The pilot was flying as part of NATO’s enforcement of a “no fly” zone over Bosnia when he was shot down June 2 by a Serb missile. He evaded capture for six days until he was rescued by Marines.