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12th Jun 2007, 06:29
Air Force fighter jet crashes in Alaska after mid-air collision
By JAMES HALPIN
The Associated Press
ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Two pilots whose fighter jets collided in mid-air over central Alaska walked away virtually unscathed, military officials said late Monday.
The pilot of the F-15C ejected before his jet crashed Monday morning and was taken a nearby military clinic, said Airman Justin Weaver, a spokesman at Eielson Air Force Base near Fairbanks.
The other jet, an F-16C, was damaged but landed safely, Weaver said.
"I saw it from a distance when it landed and it didn't really look like there was anything wrong with it," Weaver said.
Neither airman sustained any reported injuries, said Lt. Bryon McGarry, another Eielson spokesman.
It was not immediately clear what caused the 11:05 a.m. AST accident during a training exercise in a rural area about 90 miles east of Fairbanks in Alaska's interior,........
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2003743780_webfightercrash11.html
By JAMES HALPIN
The Associated Press
ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Two pilots whose fighter jets collided in mid-air over central Alaska walked away virtually unscathed, military officials said late Monday.
The pilot of the F-15C ejected before his jet crashed Monday morning and was taken a nearby military clinic, said Airman Justin Weaver, a spokesman at Eielson Air Force Base near Fairbanks.
The other jet, an F-16C, was damaged but landed safely, Weaver said.
"I saw it from a distance when it landed and it didn't really look like there was anything wrong with it," Weaver said.
Neither airman sustained any reported injuries, said Lt. Bryon McGarry, another Eielson spokesman.
It was not immediately clear what caused the 11:05 a.m. AST accident during a training exercise in a rural area about 90 miles east of Fairbanks in Alaska's interior,........
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2003743780_webfightercrash11.html