U.S. Warplane crashes in Lybia

A Unites States Air Force F-15 fighter jet crashed in Lybia today while on a strike mission. The apparant cause of the crash was mechanical failure. The pilot was rescued by an Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft from the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge, about 100 miles off the coast of Libya. The second crew member was rescued by Lybian rebels and was taken care of until he could be extracted and taken to safety. Both crew members are said to be in good condition.

Meanwhile, Lybian leader Moammar Gadhafi's whereabouts have been in question since his compound in Triploi was bombed by U.S. and British forces early Monday. A second wave of attacks were called off when information surfaced that international journalists were touring the damage at the compound.

The United States has  fired 20 Tomahawk cruise missiles into Libya in the past 12 hours, a military spokeswoman said early Tuesday morning. A total of 159 Tomahawks have been fired by the United States and the United Kingdom since Operation Odyssey Dawn started Saturday. The mission includes enforcement of a no-fly zone.