Air Force Lt. General Dies in Plane Crash

An Air Force lieutenant general who commanded all military forces in Alaska was killed in a private plane crash. A passenger also died. Lt. Gen. David J. McCloud, a San Fernando native, was flying his YAK-54, a single-engine aerobatic plane, when it crashed at Ft. Richardson, east of Anchorage. The cause of the crash was not known. As head of the Alaskan command, McCloud was responsible for more than 21,000 active duty and reserve members of the Army, Air Force, Navy and Alaska National Guard. McCloud graduated from Cal State Northridge in 1969. He is survived by his wife, Anna Marie; and two children.