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  • F-16s crash over Atlantic, one missing [update: pilot believed to be dead - post 76]

    10/15/2009 8:44:37 PM PDT · by gura · 97 replies · 6,076+ views
    WIS-TV ^ | 10/15/2009 | WIS-TV
    SHAW AIR FORCE BASE, SC (WIS) - Two Air Force F-16 jets based out of Shaw Air Force Base collided off the coast of South Carolina Thursday night, and one of them is missing. Air Force officials said the fighters were assigned to the 20th Fighter Wing collided in mid-air over the Atlantic Ocean about 8:30pm on Thursday near Myrtle Beach. The aircraft were participating in night training maneuvers, officials said. The aircraft carried one person each. One F-16 was able to land safely at Charleston AFB, and the pilot is being examined by Air Force medical personnel. The location...