THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Tuesday, August 13, 1996 TAG: 9608130496
SECTION: LOCAL PAGE: B10 EDITION: FINAL
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The Navy has formally ended its search for a Florida-based F/18 Hornet pilot who disappeared Friday when his single-seat aircraft apparently crashed into the Atlantic off Puerto Rico.
Lt. Craig Munsen, 29, of Story City, Iowa, was conducting flight training operations from the Norfolk-based carrier Theodore Roosevelt when his aircraft disappeared on approach about 10 p.m. Friday.
Munsen was assigned to Fighter/Attack Squadron 105, based in Cecil Field, Fla.
Two H-60 Seahawk helicopters from the carrier, plus the cruiser Leyte Gulf, based in Mayport, Fla., conducted an immediate search. Some debris was found, but Munsen has not been located. by CNB