An Air Force Flight Standards Agency C-21 crashed around 11:30 a.m. yesterday at the Decatur, Ill. airport. Air Force officials say the two pilots on board were sent to a local hospital for observation. The Herald-Review reports that the two airmen walked away from the crash. The pilots, assigned to AFFSA’s unit at the Will Rogers Air National Guard Station in Oklahoma City, were conducting touch-and-go training at the Decatur airport. The accident is under investigation.
An Air Force F-16 pilot designed a collapsible ladder that weighs just six pounds and folds into the unused cockpit map case.