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his son lost the horizon and flew an NG F-4c into a mountain on full after burner.
Dino Jr was the only pilot to serve in NG combat fighter who did not have MIL training.
"Searchers found the remains Wednesday of Air National Guard Capt. Dean Paul Martin, 35, and weapons officer Capt. Ramon Ortiz, 39, of Las Vegas, Nev., in the San Bernardino Mountains where the wreckage of their F4-C Phantom was spotted from the air earlier in the day.
″They made no attempt to eject,″ said Sgt. Carolyn Hamilton, a guard spokeswoman. They ″perished instantly at the time of impact.″
Understand the NG regs were changed after his accident to prevent reoccurrence of mishaps, attributed to non Mil pilot training.
https://apnews.com/article/12227830f965b2cb927e50d8e2fc1496