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| Coast Guard continues search for missing Air Force pilot off S.C. |
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Editor's note: Please contact Air Force public affairs at 803-895-2019 for questions about the aircraft involved. Missing is Air Force Capt. Nicholas Giglio of the 20th Fighter Wing of Shaw Air Force Base, S.C. Giglio’s F-16 collided with a second F-16 at approximately 8:30 p.m. Thursday. Shaw AFB contacted the Coast Guard to assist in the search for the missing pilot. Currently involved in the search are: An HH-65C Dolphin helicopter from Air Station Savannah, Ga. The Coast Guard Cutter Yellowfin, an 87-foot patrol boat from A Coast Guard Station Georgetown, S.C., small boat A Coast Guard Station Charleston small boat A C-130 Hercules fixed-wing aircraft from Air Station Clearwater, Fla. Coast Guard units have been searching throughout the night, which included a C-130 fixed wing aircraft, a small boat and Coast Guard cutter.
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