Майор Трой Гилберт пилотировал Ф-16Си (из состава 309 иаэ авиабаза Люк, Аризона, на ТВД - авиабаза Балад, Ирак в составе 332-го эксп. акр) который разбился в 20 милях на северо-восток от Багдада. Официально числится "без вести пропавшим".
Maj. Troy L. Gilbert was the pilot of an Air Force F-16C engaged in support of coalition ground combat operations that crashed approximately 20 miles northwest of Baghdad Nov. 27.
Gilbert is assigned to the 309th Fighter Squadron, Luke Air Force Base, AZ and currently deployed to the 332nd Expeditionary Wing, Balad Air Force Base, Iraq.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 29, 2006 – Defense officials have identified the pilot of an Air Force F-16C that crashed outside Baghdad Nov. 27 as Maj. Troy L. Gilbert.
He is officially listed as “duty status: whereabouts unknown.”
