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© St. Petersburg Times, published October 27, 2002
HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah -- Searchers found the remains of a pilot whose F-16 crashed in the desert after a midair collision, the Air Force said Saturday.
The body of the pilot, whose name was not released, was found early Saturday afternoon several miles from where his plane crashed Friday, said Col. Steve Hoog, commander of the 388th Fighter Wing.
The plane collided with an F-16 piloted by Capt. David Roszmann, who ejected safely. He was taken to a clinic at Hill Air Force Base in Ogden and released Friday evening, the Air Force said.
LOS ANGELES -- Twin girls born joined at the head and separated in a complex, 23-hour surgery might soon return home to Guatemala after more than two months of recovery.
Maria de Jesus and Maria Teresa Quiej Alvarez could leave Los Angeles as early as Tuesday, doctors at Mattel Children's Hospital at the University of California at Los Angeles said Friday.
Doctors remain optimistic the twins will fully recover and lead normal lives.
EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Legendary test pilot Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier Saturday for what he said was the last time, more than a half-century after he became the first person to accomplish the feat.
Yeager, 79, split the air with a sonic boom as he opened an air show that drew thousands of fans to the desert base. Yeager took an F-15 Eagle to just over 30,000 feet on his last supersonic flight, capping a 60-year career.
Yeager announced this year that the supersonic flight would be his last, although he intends to continue flying slower aircraft.
RUTGERS PICKS CHIEF: Rutgers University in New Jersey chose as its president University of Washington chief Richard L. McCormick, ending a six-month search. McCormick, 54, has been president of the University of Washington since 1995, but started his teaching career at Rutgers in 1976. He was dean of arts and sciences before leaving in 1992.
CRASHES KILL 1: A series of crashes on a foggy, rural stretch of Interstate 80 near Allamuchy Township, N.J., killed one person early Saturday and injured 20, authorities said. A commuter bus, three trucks and a car were among the vehicles involved in the crashes that started about 5 a.m., State Police Sgt. Gerald Lewis said.