DOD IDENTIFIES AIR FORCE CASUALTY
April 18, 2003
The Department of Defense announced today that Capt. Eric B. Das, 30, of Amarillo, Texas, was killed in action April 7 while supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. Das was assigned to the 333rd Fighter Squadron, Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C.
Das was the pilot of an F-15E that went down April 7 during a combat mission in Iraq. The incident remains under investigation.
The other F-15 crewmember’s whereabouts is still unknown and search efforts continue.