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    Passengers injured after US fighter jet flies close to Iranian airliner

    Iranian state media reported that passengers flying from Tehran to Beirut were injured after an incident in which a US F-15 fighter jet flew close to the plane. US CENTCOM released a statement on the same day in which it said the F-15 had

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    Belgian fighter jet pilot rescued from power line after crash in France

    A Belgian F-16 fighter jet has crashed in western France, damaging a house and setting a field ablaze. The crash left a pilot suspended for two hours from a high-voltage electricity line after his parachute got caught. Emergency workers extracted

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    RAF jets based in Estonia intercept Russian planes

    The RAF has two of its jets deployed in Estonia have been scrambled twice in recent days to intercept Russian aircraft. The RAF said the incidents brought the number of intercepts of Russian planes to eight since taking over the Baltic Air Policing

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    F-35 fighter jet crashes in South Carolina, pilot ejects

    A US military F-35B fighter jet crashed near the Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort in South Carolina on Friday, local law officials said. The pilot, the only person aboard the craft, ejected safely and was being checked for injuries, said a

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    View from the cockpit of a vintage plane (video)

    This captivating cockpit footage was shot from the back seat of a P-51 ValHalla belonging to the Heritage Flight Museum. See also: Pilots share their top ten views from the cockpit window The pilot, Greg Anders, is joined by Major John

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    Two jets collide over Italian village

    Two Italian fighter jets collided and burst into flames during a training mission in eastern Italy. The air force fighter jets crashed into a hilly wooded area, near Ascoli, narrowly missing a nearby village. An air search for the missing crew

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    Tourists shocked as plane nosedives and crashes at air show

    Rex A pilot with more than 25 years experience died when his plane crashed into a field during an air show in eastern Iowa on Saturday. Shocked spectators watched as Glenn Smith's vintage plane nosedived and crashed into a field alongside

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