NASM T-45s standdown after crash

MERIDIAN, Miss. - Training Air Wine One of NAS Meridian, Miss., confirmed about 9:40 a.m. on Oct. 2 that a T-45 belonging to Training Squadron Seven (VT-7) base at NASM, which had been gone missing since the day before, had crashed in East Tennessee. An instructor and student pilot aboard the aircraft did not survive the crash. Names of the two were being withheld until 24 hours after next of kin have been notified. An investigation will commence to determine the cause of the mishap. Training Air Wing One is one of five training wings that belong to the Chief of Naval Air Training, headquartered at NAS Corpus Christi, Texas. (Source: CTW-One 10/02/17) UPDATE: VT-7 observed a stand-down on Oct. 2, according to Lt. Elizabeth Feaster, a spokeswoman for CNATRA. Cmdr. Jason Gustin, commanding officer of the squadron will determine Oct. 3 whether the squadron needs to extend the stand-down.