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A training accident killed an airman at Minot Air Force Base this morning.
An Air Force spokesperson says the airman was with the 17th Munitions Squadron and was hit in the head by a training missile.
The accident happened about midnight and the victim died a short time later at Trinity Hospital.
The missile involved was a training version of an air-launched Cruise Missile - the kind laun More..ched by B-52 bombers.
An investigation is continuing.
A training accident killed an airman at Minot Air Force Base this morning.
An Air Force spokesperson says the airman was with the 17th Munitions Squadron and was hit in the head by a training missile.
The accident happened about midnight and the victim died a short time later at Trinity Hospital.
The missile involved was a training version of an air-launched Cruise Missile - the kind launched by B-52 bombers.
An investigation is continuing.
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