Military Aircraft Crashes In Lamar County

In a story that could have had a much more tragic ending, a military jet went down in Lamar County, and nobody was injured.

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Columbus Air Force Base says that the plane was a T-38 Talon II from their base and that a "mishap" occurred around 12:00 pm. That "mishap" led to the pilots' safe ejection, and the cause of the crash is still under investigation.

The jet that crashed is a two-seat twinjet supersonic jet trainer designed and produced by the American aircraft manufacturer Northrop Corporation. It was the world's first supersonic trainer and the most produced. The jet is used by the Air Force, the Navy, and NASA.

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