Two pilots flying a training mission were killed Friday when a military jet crashed near Montgomery Regional Airport in Alabama, the U.S. Air Force confirmed. The Alabama Air National Guard also maintains a base there, Montgomery’s Emergency Management Agency Director Christina Thornton told Fox News on Friday evening. The T-38 is used by both the Air Force and Navy for training. The Alabama Air National Guard has three main bases across the state located in Birmingham, Dothan and Montgomery, near the crash site, and the Air Force has another base in the area. Several other pilots had complained about the sun soon before the crash, Taggart said the tower reported, according to the Montgomery Advertiser.

Source: Fox News February 20, 2021 01:35 UTC