Pentagon issues ID of missing airman
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The Pentagon on Wednesday released the identity of the missing airman whose F-16 crashed near the Iraqi capital of Baghdad on Monday.
He is Maj. Troy L. Gilbert, who is listed as duty status whereabouts unknown pending DNA identification of human remains found at the scene, the Pentagon said.
Gilbert was piloting an "Air Force F-16C engaged in support of coalition ground combat operations that crashed" about 12 miles northwest of Baghdad, the Pentagon said.
It said Gilbert "is assigned to the 309th Fighter Squadron, Luke Air Force Base, Ariz., and currently deployed to the 332nd Expeditionary Wing, Balad Air Force Base."
The military has launched an investigation into the crash. (Posted 12:32 p.m.)
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He is Maj. Troy L. Gilbert, who is listed as duty status whereabouts unknown pending DNA identification of human remains found at the scene, the Pentagon said.
Gilbert was piloting an "Air Force F-16C engaged in support of coalition ground combat operations that crashed" about 12 miles northwest of Baghdad, the Pentagon said.
It said Gilbert "is assigned to the 309th Fighter Squadron, Luke Air Force Base, Ariz., and currently deployed to the 332nd Expeditionary Wing, Balad Air Force Base."
The military has launched an investigation into the crash. (Posted 12:32 p.m.)
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