Military: 2 Airmen Killed in Crash During Oklahoma Training

Two U.S. Air Force personnel were killed when two T-38 training aircraft crashed near Vance Air Base in Oklahoma Thursday morning.

Col. Corey A. Simmons, Commander 71st Flying Training Wing Vance Air Force Base addresses the media on the death of two airmen during T-38 Talon training operations a training exercise in northwestern Oklahoma on Nov. 21, 2019. Billy Hefton/Enid News via AP

OKLAHOMA CITY—Two airmen were killed on Nov. 21 in an accident involving two jets during the landing phase of a training exercise at a U.S. Air Force base in northwestern Oklahoma, a military official said.

The crash occurred shortly after 9 a.m. at Vance Air Force Base in Enid, about 65 miles northwest of Oklahoma City. Two airmen aboard one of the T-38 Talons were killed, Col. Corey Simmons, commander of the 71st Flying Training Wing, said during a news conference Thursday afternoon.