A U.S. Air Force U-2 high-altitude reconnaissance plane crashed shortly after takeoff from Beale Air Force Base in northern California during a training mission Sept. 20, the service said.The fate of the plane’s two pilots was not immediately clear. The Air Force initially said that they had ejected, but later said that it had no information about their status. A recovery mission was under way at press time, said Gen. Hawk Carlisle, commander of Air Combat Command, who spoke at…
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