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Air Force reps probing crash of F-35A; pilot suffered 'minor scrapes'
HILL AIR FORCE BASE — The pilot involved in the crash of an F-35A Lightning II at Hill Air Force Base is fine and U.S. Air Force officials have launched a probe to determine exactly what happened, officials said Thursday. "We’re still looking into the cause of the incident and we won't know and certainly won’t be able to release anything until that investigation is complete, which of course can take some time," U.S. Air Force Col. Jeffrey Holland said at a media briefing Thursday, a day after the crash. He's commander of the 75th Air Base Wing at Hill. The crash, which occurred ...