Lt. Col. Matthew J. LaCourse
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News: F-16 from Tyndall AFB crashes in Gulf of Mexico [2014-11-06]
The body of the pilot of an F-16 that went missing from Tyndall Air Force Base in Florida has been recovered from the Gulf of Mexico, Tyndall officials said late Thursday night.
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News: Spatial disorientation caused fatal F-16 crash in Gulf of Mexico [2015-09-10]
An Air Force report says spatial disorientation caused a civilian pilot to fatally crash an F-16 last November in the Gulf of Mexico. A report by Air Combat Command at Langley AFB says LaCourse was intercepting another jet when he became disoriented. The maneuvers stimulated fluid in the pilot's inner ear canals that affect perceptions of gravity, movement and direction.
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