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1 killed, 1 injured in crash of Air Force training jet near Texas-Mexico border

Air Force Northrop T-38 Talon trainer jets are stored at the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group boneyard Thursday, May 14, 2015 at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, Ariz. (AP Photo/Matt York)
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The Associated Press
November 20, 2017 - 7:03 pm
 
Updated November 20, 2017 - 8:31 pm

DEL RIO, Texas — An airman has been killed and another injured after an Air Force training jet crashed near Amistad Reservoir on the Texas-Mexico border.

An Air Force statement says the twin-jet, two-seat T-38 Talon jet aircraft assigned to Laughlin Air Force Base near Del Rio went down about 4 p.m. Monday about 14 miles (23 kilometers) northwest of the base.

One airman was dead at the scene. The injured airman was taken to Val Verde Regional Medical Center in Del Rio. No identities have been released, and no information has been made available regarding what led to the crash.

A board of Air Force officers will investigate.

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