F-15 Crashes; Pilot Saved
Associated Press
NORFOLK, Va. —
An Air Force F-15 fighter jet crashed into the ocean Monday, but the pilot ejected and was rescued in his rubber raft about an hour later.
First Lt. David M. Nyikos was reported in good condition at the hospital at Langley Air Force Base in Hampton, where he is based.
The single-seat fighter went down shortly before 10 a.m. about 60 miles off Virginia Beach. The cause of the crash was unknown.
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