Lt. Christopher Carey Short, from Canandaigua, New York, died June 22 when the A-29 aircraft he was piloting crashed while on a mission over the Red Rio Bombing Range, part of White Sands Missile Range, north of Holloman.

The cause of the mishap is under investigation. – US Navy

Featured image of an Embraer EMB 314 Super Tucano A-29 experimental aircraft flies over White Sands Missile Range. U.S. Air Force Photo by Ethan D. Wagner

US Navy Pilot, Lt. Christopher Carey Short Dies in Crash of A-29 Aircraft