An Air Combat Command accident investigation board has determined that the F-15 crash into the Pacific Ocean on June 26 was the result of the pilot’s spatial disorientation. Maj. Gregory Young from the Oregon Air National Guard’s 142nd Fighter Wing died in the crash. He was flying a dissimilar air combat training mission with other unit aircraft and Marine Corps Reserve F/A-18s from Texas.
Lt. Gen. Stephen L. Davis, the Department of the Air Force’s top internal watchdog, has been nominated to lead Air Force Global Strike Command, which oversees the service’s bombers and intercontinental ballistic missiles.