Holloman officials: Aircraft crashes on White Sands Missile Range

ALAMOGORDO - The Holloman Air Force Base’s 49th Wing confirmed a manned aircraft crashed at the Red Rio Bombing Range on White Sands Missile Range around 11:45 a.m. today according to a HAFB press release.

Holloman officials have not identified the aircraft that crashed and are continuing to investigate. The condition of the aircraft’s pilots is unknown at this time, the release states.

The aircraft crash has canceled the scheduled U.S. Air Force’s Light Attack Experiment exercise in Alamogordo that was to begin around 3 p.m. Friday.

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Alamogordo Police Department was to assist Holloman Air Force Base personnel with the exercise.

The Red Rio Bombing Range is an active Air Force facility that encompasses about 196,000 acres on WSMR, about 65 miles north of Holloman Air Force Base.