Pilot in F-22 crash worked for Lockheed Martin

Pilot killed in F-22 crash in California desert
The Air Force's $140 million supersonic jet was on test mission

EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. - An F-22A Raptor, the Air Force's top-of-the line fighter jet, crashed Wednesday in a remote area of the Mojave Desert, killing a test pilot for prime contractor Lockheed Martin Corp.

The jet crashed at 10 a.m. about 35 miles northeast of Edwards, a vast unpopulated area of flat desert.

The pilot was David Cooley, 49, a 21-year Air Force veteran who joined Lockheed Martin in 2003, the company said in a statement. The company did not release any details of the accident or say whether or not Cooley attempted to eject.
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