A pilot was killed in a crash during a training flight at the Nevada Test and Training Range Tuesday, officials at Nellis Air Force Base said in a release Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lt. Col. Eric Schultz died when his plane crashed at about 6 p.m. Pacific Time on Sept. 5, Nellis said. The Nevada Test and Training Range is about 100 miles northwest of Nellis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Air Force has not identified what plane Schultz was flying, but said it was assigned to Air Force Materiel Command.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Military.com reported Saturday morning<\/a> that Chief of Staff Gen. Dave Goldfein told a reporter, \u201cI can definitely say it was not an F-35\u201d that crashed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Nellis said an investigation into the crash that killed Schultz is underway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOur immediate concern is for the family of Lt. Col. Schultz,\u201d the release said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Capital Gazette newspaper<\/a> of Annapolis, Maryland, reported Friday that Schultz was a graduate of Annapolis High School.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Nellis would not confirm to Air Force Times Friday what Schultz typically flew. But Air Force releases identified an officer by the same name as an F-35 test pilot, and in 2012, he conducted the first in-flight release<\/a> of a GBU-31 BLU 109 joint directed attack munition from an F-35A.<\/p>\n\n\n\n