
2 people are killed in a military plane crash near Montgomery, Alabama
CNN
Two people were killed when a military plane crashed on Friday near the Montgomery Regional Airport in Alabama, according to the facility's executive director Marshall Taggart, Jr.
The victims were identified by the Air Force Sunday as Scot Ames Jr, 24, an American Air Force Instructor, and a student from the Japanese Air Self Defense Force. Ames was a pilot with the 50th Training Squadron at Columbus Air Force Base in Columbus, Missouri.
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