Capt. Christel A. Chavez, 27, was co-pilot of the USAF MC-130H Combat Talon cargo aircraft that slammed into a mountainside on August 7, 2002, about 15 miles south of San Juan, Puerto Rico. The special operations aircraft went down in heavy fog and rain during a nighttime training flight from NAS Roosevelt Roads in Puerto Rico to Borinquen Air National Guard Base on the west coast of Puerto Rico. All 10 on board perished.
Capt. Chavez was the daughter of Tom Chavez, director of the National Hispanic Cultural Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She was a graduate of Albuquerque H.S. and the Air Force Academy, Class of '98.
(Info furnished by Sonia Sanchez)
Capt. Chavez was the daughter of Tom Chavez, director of the National Hispanic Cultural Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She was a graduate of Albuquerque H.S. and the Air Force Academy, Class of '98.
(Info furnished by Sonia Sanchez)
Capt. Christel A. Chavez, 27, was co-pilot of the USAF MC-130H Combat Talon cargo aircraft that slammed into a mountainside on August 7, 2002, about 15 miles south of San Juan, Puerto Rico. The special operations aircraft went down in heavy fog and rain during a nighttime training flight from NAS Roosevelt Roads in Puerto Rico to Borinquen Air National Guard Base on the west coast of Puerto Rico. All 10 on board perished.
Capt. Chavez was the daughter of Tom Chavez, director of the National Hispanic Cultural Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She was a graduate of Albuquerque H.S. and the Air Force Academy, Class of '98.
(Info furnished by Sonia Sanchez)
Capt. Chavez was the daughter of Tom Chavez, director of the National Hispanic Cultural Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She was a graduate of Albuquerque H.S. and the Air Force Academy, Class of '98.
(Info furnished by Sonia Sanchez)
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