LAS CRUCES, N.M. — The widow and daughter of the late Charles Holbrook sued the United States in federal court, claiming Charles was strafed to death during “live fire nighttime training for F-16 pilots” at the White Sands Missile Range, near Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico.
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