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CALLAWAY, Va. (AP) - An Air Force fighter jet on a low-level training mission crashed in rural Virginia on Thursday near a stock car speedway. Authorities said the two pilots parachuted to safety.
The pilots came to rest in trees and were not injured, but were taken to a hospital for observation, said Capt. Robert Strickler of the Franklin County Sheriff's Office.
The crash near Rocky Mount in western Virginia, about 20 miles south of Roanoke, caused no injuries or major damage on the ground. At least one piece of wreckage landed by a house, but the main crash site was about 200 yards from the widely scattered houses.
The F-15E from Seymour Johnson Air Force Base near Goldsboro, N.C., was one of two planes performing the low-level training, according to the base public affairs office.
The jet crashed a few miles west of Rocky Mount near a rural intersection about a quarter-mile from the Franklin County Speedway.
The crew members were Capt. Darren P. Wees and Capt. Daniel C. Spier, according to a statement from the base. Spokesman 2nd Lt. Jamie Humphries said officials were still gathering information about the cause of the crash.
According to witnesses a wing appeared to come off.

Ozzy

thanks for letting us know. an F-15 that crashes doesn't occur very often. a wing that came off? well there getting old anyway so...

Hard to bring down one of them Eagles, I think there was one F-15 in the IAF that was able to fly for 4 minutes and land at an airfield without its right wing after a mid air collision with an MiG-21 (I think).

close, it was an A-4 not a mig

Good everything is ok.
Nothing like a bit of extra training!

Ben

Glad the pilots are ok

That F-14 was nothing, the F-15 I was talking about was completely missing its right wing, from the 20mm onwards.

Granted but the F-14 flys like a brick to start with  ;D

urmmm i would hardly call that missing wing on the f-14 nothing, especially if it had to land on carrier.

Hey Craig thats nothing! I can get the 225 down on the deck, of course the island has to accomodate some major surgery to it

I doubt you could do it with a wing missing though could ya Ozzy.

It's kinda ironic though, that these modern fighters can fly with only one wing, yet take out the computer that flies them and they can bearly take off.