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Article: Air Force Finds Human Remains at A-10 Crash Site
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- The Washington Post
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- April 26, 1997
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An Air Force search team found human remains today believed
to be the missing pilot of the A-10 attack jet that disappeared
during a routine training mission three weeks ago in Arizona and
flew 800 miles before crashing in the snowy mountains here.
The location and disposition of the four 500-pound Mk-82 bombs
aboard the plane remain unknown.
Air Force officials today concluded that Capt. Craig Button,
32, went down with his plane, crashing on a steep slope 12,500 feet
up Gold Dust Peak southwest of Vail.
A team of four para-rescuers from Kirtland Air Force Base in
New Mexico took advantage of clear weather today and were lowered
from a helicopter onto the mountainside, where they ...