A husband and father of two young boys has been identified as the next victim killed in catastrophic crash of a B-52 Stratofortress at Edwards Air Force Base on Monday.
The wife of civilian flight test engineer Jeromy Smith said the crash has turned her life upside down. Smith said she and her husband had just welcomed their second child into the world four months ago, and just celebrated their fourth wedding anniversary.
“I’m really sad he doesn’t get to watch them grow up, but I hope, hope that I do them proud and grow them to be wonderful human beings just like he was,” she told the outlet. “My sister’s husband tragically died in the B-52 plane crash on Edward’s Air Force Base earlier today. He leaves behind not only her, but their 2 boys, one 2.5 years old and the other just 4 months old,” the page said.
“She is left to navigate being a newly single mom, while also having to grieve the love of her life. Our entire family is devastated by this great loss. My brother in-law was an incredible husband and an amazing father to their boys,” it continued. Smith was among eight people killed after the bomber crashed shortly after takeoff from Edwards at about 11:20 a.m. Monday.
The“Pam Middleton and her two children are facing an unimaginable loss after Pam’s husband, Miles, was tragically killed in the crash of the B-52 at Edwards Air Force Base,” a family friend said. A massive plume of black smoke billowed over the remote desert installation in eastern California after the aircraft slammed into the ground and erupted into flames.
“An Air Force B-52 Stratofortress carrying eight people on a routine test mission crashed today shortly after take-off at 11:20 a.m. Initial indications are that the crash was not survivable,” the base said in a statement. Col. James Hayes told reporters the aircraft went down “immediately” after takeoff and that the victims included military personnel, civilian government employees and contractors.
Hayes described the tragedy as “tragic and unsurvivable,” adding that investigators are only beginning to piece together what went wrong and that it could take months to determine the cause. eyJpdiI6InhNM1BmWkhqOG13eEQ2RFN4VVdycHc9PSIsInZhbHVlIjoiL29Lc0ErYVYrbnhBcDhVVjFaS3JoRlJLQnhYSCtERmFrcjdhZTlOb21MWDlXUENkczd1OW9MZXlJZ0V5cHltVkdYb0VyaGthTndvNmZZNjNLZzlDSUE9PSIsIm1hYyI6ImYzY2UzZmZkNDM0
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