Wednesday, November 29, 2006

Air Force Pilot Identified - Officially listed as "duty status: whereabouts unknown."

Wednesday, November 29, 2006
Defense officials have identified the pilot of an Air Force F-16C that crashed outside Baghdad Nov. 27 as Maj. Troy L. Gilbert.

Gilbert is assigned to the 309th Fighter Squadron, Luke Air Force Base, Ariz., and deployed to the 332nd Expeditionary Wing, Balad Air Force Base, Iraq.

He is officially listed as "duty status: whereabouts unknown."
An investigation is ongoing.
(Taken from Press Release from DoD - American Forces Press Service - Multinational Corps Iraq)

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