There is nothing cool about losing a $30 million aircraft. But a couple good things did come from the F-15 crash near Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., in October: the pilot ejected without injury and Airman 1st Class Daniel Hughes managed to snap some nifty photos of the cleanup process.
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Airmen from the 820th Red Horse Squadron recover parts from a crashed F-15 earlier in November. // Airman 1st Class Daniel Hughes

Airmen from the 820th Red Horse Squadron recover parts from a crashed F-15 earlier in November. // Airman 1st Class Daniel Hughes