About this episode

This episode explores the tragic mystery surrounding the vanishing and death of US Air Force Captain Craig D Button in 1997.

Send us Fan Mail The Warthog!!! The A-10 Tunderbolt II, a legendary aircraft, flown in countless campaigns around the world! This is only part of our story, this episode is about the tragic story of US Air Force Captain Craig D Button, an A-10 Thunderbolt pilot who met his fate on a mountain in Colorado. We travel back to 1997, and dive into the tragic mystery behind the vanishing and death of Craig D Button. Conspiracies, to facts, why did he break from his flight pl...

People in this episode

Host: Detective Chuck

Topics covered

• true crime
• military history
• aviation
• mystery
• conspiracy theories

Keywords

• Craig D Button
• A-10 Thunderbolt II
• US Air Force
• Colorado
• vanishing
• mystery
• conspiracy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: US Air Force

Books & works: A-10 Thunderbolt II

Places: Colorado

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