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摘要

Lt. Col. Eric E. Schultz died when his aircraft crashed on Sept. 5 while flying a training mission. The crash occurred at the Nevada Test and Training Range about 100 miles northwest of Nellis AFB, Nev. The Air Force has declined to identify the type of aircraft involved in the fatal crash or the unit to which it was assigned because of classification, but Chief of Staff Gen. David L. Goldfein told reporters it was not an F-35. The aircraft was assigned to Air Force Materiel Command. Schultz, a test pilot with multiple advanced degrees including a doctorate in aerospace engineering, was a native of Annapolis, Md. He had more than 2,000 hours of flying experience, according to the Capital Gazette, which received an obituary from Schultz's family.