U-2 Planes Renew Missing Jet Search

Three U-2 spy planes returned to the air to search Colorado’s snow-covered mountains for a missing Air Force pilot and his A-10 Thunderbolt warplane. The surveillance planes, which use infrared technology, were taking pictures of a 476-square-mile area near New York and Red and White mountains, about 20 miles southwest of Vail. The Thunderbolt carrying four 500-pound bombs was reported missing April 2 when Capt. Craig Button broke away from a three-plane formation over Arizona. The plane, based at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, Ariz., disappeared from radar in Colorado.