Developing Story: A thunderbird crashed today shortly after conducting the fly over at the U.S. Air Force graduation ceremony. The pilot is reported to have ejected prior to impact and appears to be uninjured. President Obama attended the event and was still at graduation site at the time of the crash. A local news station is reporting that the aircraft crashed around 15 miles south of the academy just outside of Colorado Springs. No information yet on the cause of the crash.
#BREAKING Photos of pilot ejecting before Thunderbird crash in Colorado Springs; pilot OK https://t.co/btxLsHrhU2pic.twitter.com/RG63hVzkrT
— Barrett Tryon KKTV (@btryn) June 2, 2016
Image courtesy of KKTV
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