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Newspaper

Aiken Standard

Location

Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America

Date

May 07, 1981

Page

7

Bodies Papers Sought After Missile Tracking Jet Crash

Air Force crews searched a barley field near Walkersville Maryland for the last of 21 people killed when a missile tracking jet on a training flight exploded and crashed. Debris and papers were scattered. officials said some papers may be classified as swathes of bodies were recovered overnight. The aircraft was based at Wright Patterson AFB Ohio and assigned to the 4950 Test Wing.

Walkersville Air Force Maryland William Campbella Pentagon Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Dayton Ohio Thomas Larock

Pentagon jet crash sparks search for classified papers

Edward Watson quotes the EC 135 as it crashed while tracking missiles and satellites. A Pentagon source claimed classified documents were aboard, a Wright Patterson spokesman denied it. Papers floated in light rain as state police recovered them and asked locals to turn in found documents.

Pentagon Wright- Patterson Maj Edward Robertson Jane English Wzyqfm Frederick

Astronauts Visit Lab in Mississippi to Open Center

Space shuttle astronauts John Young and Robert Crippen will visit the National Space Technology Laboratory in Bay St. Louis on Friday to thank personnel for their shuttle mission work. They will cut the ribbon to open the improved visitor center in a first in a series of shuttle program location tours.

Bay ST. Louis Miss John Young Robert Crippen National Space Technology Laboratory Young and Crippen

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