Fatal Crash of Wisconsin ANG F-16 Pilot

摘要

Capt. Durwood "Hawk" Jones, 37, an F-16 pilot assigned to the Wisconsin Air National Guard's 115th Wing, was killed when his jet crashed in Michigan on Dec. 8. Jones, from Albuquerque, N.M., was flying a routine training mission when the F-16 crashed in the Hiawatha National Forest in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. He joined the Air National Guard in 2011, graduating from F-16 basic qualification training in 2015, the wing said in a release. He deployed as part of a theater support package to Japan in 2015, to South Korea in 2017, and to Afghanistan in 2019, where he received two Air Medals with "C" devices for operating while exposed to hostile action or under significant risk of hostile action. Before joining the military, he graduated from Northwestern University in 2005. He is survived by his wife and two children. The crash remains under investigation, and wing leadership did not provide details on the circumstances surrounding the mishap.