Official Military Personnel File for Craig D. Button.

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Official Military Personnel File for Craig D. Button.

1988-1997

This Official Military Personnel File includes records from the following folders: Service Documents (June 1988 - July 1997); Awards, Decorations, & Commendations (December 1996); Efficiency/Fitness Reports (May 1992- June 1996); Medical Records (February 1989 - January 1990).

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SNAC Resource ID: 11628849

National Archives at St. Louis

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Button, Craig David, 1964-1997

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Craig David Button (24 November 1964 – 2 April 1997) was a United States Air Force pilot who died when he crashed a Fairchild A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft under mysterious circumstances on 2 April 1997. During the incident, Captain Button inexplicably flew hundreds of miles off-course without radio contact, appeared to maneuver purposefully and did not attempt to eject before the crash. His death is regarded as a suicide because no other hypothesis explains the events. His aircraft carried live ...