A F-15D Eagle, a two-seater, crashed on the Nevada Test and Training Range approximately 50 miles east of Goldfield, Nev., at approximately 11:30 a.m. July 30, killing a Nellia Air Force pilot assigned to the 65th Aggressor Squadron.

The other pilot, also assigned to the 65th AS, from the same aircraft was transported to the hospital on base at approximately 1:30 p.m. and is under observation and in stable condition.

The F-15D was participating in a combat training mission as part of Exercise Red Flag 08-03 and both pilots were assigned a mission is to simulate opposing enemy air forces.

The names of the pilots involved are being withheld pending notification of the next of kin.

A board of officials is being convened to investigate.

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At least 351 people were killed and nearly 100,000 left homeless when tropical cyclone Nargis tore through Myanmar, razing thousands of buildings and knocking out power lines, state media said Sunday.

Residents awoke to scenes of devastation after the cyclone bore through swathes of southern Myanmar late Friday and Saturday, uprooting trees, pummelling buildings and ripping up power lines.

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