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Fighter pilot who died in Michigan plane crash identified as 37-year-old combat veteran
Read full article: Fighter pilot who died in Michigan plane crash identified as 37-year-old combat veteranMANISTIQUE, Mich. โ Officials have released the identity of the Wisconsin-based fighter pilot who died after a plane crashed in Michiganโs Upper Peninsula on Tuesday, Dec. 8. On Friday, the Wisconsin Air National Guardโs 115th Fighter Wing identified the deceased fighter pilot as Captain Durwood โHawkโ Jones, a 37-year-old decorated combat veteran from Albuquerque, New Mexico. At about 8 p.m. on Dec. 8, Jonesโ F-16 Fighting Falcon crashed in the Hiawatha National Forest during a training mission. Today the 115th Fighter Wing identified Capt. The F-16 was assigned to the 115th Fighter Wing at Truax Field Air National Guard Base in Madison, Wisconsin.