Searchers recover U.S. F-16 pilot's body in Adriatic-statement Cassy Gruenther embraces her husband, Capt. Lucas Gruenther, of the U.S. Air Force 31st Fighter Wing after returning from a deployment in 2011. Gruenther, 32, has been missing since officials at Aviano Air Base lost contact with the captain's F-16 fighter jet January 28th during a nighttime training mission over the Adriatic Sea. Credit: Reuters/U.S. Air Force