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4 killed in crash of military air tanker
http://edition.cnn.com/2012/07/03/us/western-wildfires/index.html?hpt=us_c2
(CNN) -- Thousands of miles away from raging Western wildfires, North Carolina lowered its flags to half-staff Tuesday to honor four crew members of a U.S. military firefighting plane who were killed in a weekend crash.
The tanker crashed Sunday night in the Black Hills of South Dakota where it was dropping retardant on the White Draw Fire, the U.S. Northern Command said.
Six North Carolina National Guard members were on board the C-130, part of an eight-plane military fleet sent in to battle wildfires that have burned hundreds of thousands of acres.
Four of them died in the crash, said the National Interagency Coordination Center........
According to CNN affiliate WBTV, family members identified two of the crew members who died as Lt. Col. Paul Mikeal and Master Sgt. Robert Cannon.
On Saturday, a smiling Mikeal told reporters that he was looking forward to helping out in the effort to quell the growing fires.
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Passion for flying ends in tragedy
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2012/07/02/154792/passion-for-flying-ends-in-tragedy.html
CHARLOTTE, N.C. Paul Mikeal was planning to celebrate his 20th wedding anniversary and his 43rd birthday next week. His family knew he had a dangerous job, but said he had a passion for flying and service.
Mikeal, a Mooresville, N.C., father of two and lieutenant colonel in the North Carolina Air National Guard, was killed Sunday evening when his specially outfitted C-130 cargo plane crashed during a mission fighting wildfires in South Dakota.
More at link.....
http://edition.cnn.com/2012/07/03/us/western-wildfires/index.html?hpt=us_c2
(CNN) -- Thousands of miles away from raging Western wildfires, North Carolina lowered its flags to half-staff Tuesday to honor four crew members of a U.S. military firefighting plane who were killed in a weekend crash.
The tanker crashed Sunday night in the Black Hills of South Dakota where it was dropping retardant on the White Draw Fire, the U.S. Northern Command said.
Six North Carolina National Guard members were on board the C-130, part of an eight-plane military fleet sent in to battle wildfires that have burned hundreds of thousands of acres.
Four of them died in the crash, said the National Interagency Coordination Center........
According to CNN affiliate WBTV, family members identified two of the crew members who died as Lt. Col. Paul Mikeal and Master Sgt. Robert Cannon.
On Saturday, a smiling Mikeal told reporters that he was looking forward to helping out in the effort to quell the growing fires.
More at link....
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Passion for flying ends in tragedy
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2012/07/02/154792/passion-for-flying-ends-in-tragedy.html
CHARLOTTE, N.C. Paul Mikeal was planning to celebrate his 20th wedding anniversary and his 43rd birthday next week. His family knew he had a dangerous job, but said he had a passion for flying and service.
Mikeal, a Mooresville, N.C., father of two and lieutenant colonel in the North Carolina Air National Guard, was killed Sunday evening when his specially outfitted C-130 cargo plane crashed during a mission fighting wildfires in South Dakota.
More at link.....
