Pilot of US Air Force jet that crashed in North Sea is dead

A US soldier passes a F-15 Eagle jet fighter during the joint Bulgarian - American air force exercise Sentry Lion 06, near the village of Graf Ignatievo some 130 kms. (80 miles) east of the capital Sofia Thursday, June, 15, 2006. Sentry Lion 06 exercise has allowed U.S. and Bulgarian personnel to familiarize themselves with each others operations and has exposed the Bulgarian Air Force to U.S. and NATO standards of training exercises, increasing its interoperability. The exercise also strengthened Graf Ignatievo Air force base as a host to U.S. forces as a training facility. (AP Photo/Petar Petrov)