May 07, 1981 (vol. 91, iss. 2) • Page Image 1
…The Michigan Daily Vol. XCI, No. 2-S Ann Arbor, Michigan-Thursday, May 7, 1981 FREE ISSUE Twenty Pages USAF plane explodes From AP and UPI WALKERSVILLE, Md. - An Air Force missile-satellite tracking plane blew up yesterday over Western Maryland and plummeted into a rye field, killing all 21 people aboard, state police said. Residents who witnessed the crash just north of Walkersville described the $50 million EC-135-A plane as a "ball of f...…