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Jones' awards include two Air Medals with combat 'C' devices. During a press conference Friday, 115th Fighter Wing commander Col. Bart Van Roo said he has suspended flight operations at the wing indefinitely amid the ongoing investigation into the cause of the crash. "It is grounded based on what we determine to be a safe time for us to fly again," Van Roo said. Determining the causes of the crash and other contributing factors could take months, Van Roo said, according to the Wisconsin State Journal. Jones' F-16 crashed around 8 p.m. Tuesday in the Hiawatha National Forest, roughly 300 miles...

Wisconsin Air National Guard "Fighting Falcon" went down in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. The crash's cause is under investigation.

The incident reported Tuesday in Hiawatha National Forest remains under investigation, officials said

Wisconsin Air National Guard pilot found dead after F-16 fighter jet crash Sophie Carson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel © Sarah Kloepping/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin A Michigan state trooper walks to his squad car blocking the road at Gooseneck Lake Drive in Hiawatha National Forest on Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2020. A Wisconsin Air National Guard fighter jet crashed Dec. 8 in the forest in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. The crash Tuesday night in a rural, heavily wooded area of the Hiawatha National Forest sparked a massive search for the pilot, who was based at the 115th Fighter ...

The commander of the 115th Fighter Wing based in the Madison area offered an update on the crash of an F-16 Fighting Falcon in Upper Michigan.