Board to investigate New Jersey mishap

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LANGLEY AIR FORCE BASE, Va. (ACCNS) --  Gen. Ronald Keys, commander of Air Combat Command, convened an accident investigation board May 18 to investigate an Air National Guard F-16 training mishap that resulted in a forest fire at the Warren Grove Training Range in New Jersey.

Major General Emmett R. Titshaw, the Air National Guard assistant to the commander of Air Combat Command, has been designated as the the president of the AIB. 

Within the next few days, the AIB team will assemble and begin their investigation into the May 15 training sortie of an Air Force F-16 from the 177th Fighter Wing, Atlantic City, N.J.

In addition to setting forth factual information concerning the mishap, the AIB president is required to state in the report his opinion concerning the cause or causes of the accident and describe those factors, if any, that substantially contributed to the accident. 

After the report has been approved by General Keys, it will be released to the public.

For more information about the AIB process, contact Air Combat Command Public Affairs at (757) 764-5007 or e-mail accpa.operations@langley.af.mil.