An aircraft assigned to the 1st Reconnaissance squadron at Beale Air Force Base crashed on a training mission on the lower slopes of the Sutter Buttes in Sutter County, Calif. One pilot was killed and the other was injured in the crash that destroyed the plane and scorched several acres.
An Air Force officer stands guard as the wreckage of a U-2 spy plane assigned to the 1st Reconnaissance squadron at Beale Air Force Base, smolders in Sutter County, Calif.Hector Amezcua, The Sacramento Bee, Via AP