The Coast Guard is responding to a report of a downed military aircraft approximately 57 miles south of Panama City, Florida, Thursday.
Watchstanders at the 8th Coast Guard
District received a call from the Air Force at approximately 9:30 a.m.,
reporting a downed military aircraft with one person aboard.
The pilot's identity was being withheld until 24 hours after his relatives have been notified, the base said in a message on its official Facebook page.
The aircraft and pilot, assigned to the 53rd Weapons Evaluation Group, was performing a routine training mission over the Gulf of Mexico when the base lost contact.
Source and image: U.S. Coast Guard
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