Wreckage shown in snow

DENVER - The US Air Force has released an aerial photograph of the suspected crash site of its missing AIO warplane

DENVER - The US Air Force has released an aerial photograph of the suspected crash site of its missing AIO warplane. The second day of bad weather kept a helicopter crew from taking a first hand look. The photograph shows metal wreckage sticking out of the snow.

The site, 15 miles south west of Vail, is same 800 miles off the course Capt Craig Button was supposed to follow when he went missing during a training mission over southern Arizona on April 2nd. There was no sign of the pilot at the site, the officer in charge of the search said yesterday.

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