Date:	Thursday 28 January 1999
Time:
Type:	McDonnell Douglas F-15C Eagle
Owner/operator:	85th TESqn /53rd Wg USAF
Registration:	82-0020
MSN:	834/C251
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	80 miles S of Eglin Air Force Base, near Fort Walton Beach, Florida -   United States of America
Phase:	Combat
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Eglin AFB, Florida
Destination airport:	Eglin AFB, Florida
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
28 January- F-15C-30-MC Eagle. 82-0020, c/n 834/C251, of the 85th Test and Evaluation Squadron, 53rd Wing, piloted by Joe "Corn" Hruska, has mid-air collision at 35,000 feet over the Gulf of Mexico with F-15C-37-MC Eagle. 84-0011, c/n 0920/C314, also of the 85th Test and Evaluation Squadron, 53rd Wing, 80 miles S of Eglin over Eglin water range during a 2 versus 3 Dissimilar Air Combat Training (DACT).

Both pilots eject, pilot of 82-0020 slightly injured. Pilots rescued after 45 minutes in the water by MH-53, call sign "COWBOY 22", on instrument check-flight out of Hurlburt Field.

Davies, Steve, and Dildy, Doug, "F-15 Eagle Engaged - The World's Most Successful Jet Fighter", Osprey Publishing, Botley, Oxford, UK, 2007, ISBN 978-1-84603-169-4, pages 64-65, 243.
www.scramble.nl
http://web.archive.org/web/20171029221354/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/aircraft_by_type/f-15.htm
http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1982.html

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
01-Apr-2012 16:42	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
09-Nov-2014 13:35	Roup	Updated [Operator, Narrative]
26-Feb-2021 17:52	MuDr.Roup	Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator]
03-Mar-2021 16:16	Anon.	Updated [Operator, Operator]