Edited sentence: , Air Combat Command's inspector general who led the investigation.A 1st SOW AC-130H and an MV-22 Osprey were also diverted to the scene to help search as were five Coast Guard aircraft and two vessels.A section of the leading edge, approximately 6 X 3 feet, broke away.Ali Jivanjee.An Accident Investigation Board determines that the crash was caused by the structural failure of the honeycomb material supporting the leading edge of the port vertical stabilizer during a high-speed test dive.An HH-60J Jayhawk from Coast Guard Aviation Training Center Mobile lifted the pilot from the fishing boat and evacuated him to the Eglin Hospital.An accident investigation released 25 August 2008 found that the accident was the result of pilot error and not mechanical failure.Both pilots ejected and one was rescued from the Gulf by the fishing boat Niña, owned by Bart Niquet of Lynn Haven, Florida, which was guided to the pilot by an HC-144A Ocean Sentry aircraft.Both pilots failed to clear their flight paths and anticipate their impending high-aspect, midair impact, according to Brig.Duricy, assigned to the 40th Test Squadron, 46th Test Wing.James A.Joseph Reynes, Jr.On 20 February 2008, two F-15C Eagles of the 58th Fighter Squadron, 33rd Fighter Wing, Eglin AFB, Florida, collide over the Gulf of Mexico ~50 miles S of Tyndall AFB, Florida, killing 1st Lt.On 30 April 2002, an F-15C Eagle of the 46th Test Wing, based at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, crashes in the Gulf of Mexico ~60 miles S of Panama City, Florida, killing test pilot Maj.One pilot subsequently died several hours later from his injuries.The second pilot was rescued from the Gulf by an HH-60J Jayhawk from CGAS Clearwater and also taken to the Eglin Hospital.This was the first crash involving an Eglin F-15 since a fatal crash on 30 April 2002.Tucker Hamilton ejected from the other fighter and survived