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- It's with a heavy heart today that I have to report to you

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that one of our U-2 Dragon Lady Aircraft

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crashed near Sutter Buttes during a training mission today.

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Both pilots ejected from the aircraft.

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I will confirm with you that one of the pilots

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is deceased, and the other is injured.

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That pilot that's injured is currently receiving

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medical treatment for his injuries.

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Like to first, and primarily offer a condolence,

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my personal condolences to the family of the deceased pilot

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and make sure that they understand all the resources

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available to me as the Commander of Beale Air Force Base

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that we've made available to them during these

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very, very difficult times.

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I'll share with you what I shared with the pilots,

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that these incidents, while extremely tragic

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and hard for us to overcome,

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they're incidents that we do overcome.

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I am confident that the U-2 Squadrons here

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and the U-2 Squadrons around the world

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are gonna come off the mat stronger than they were before.