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  • Update: Officials: F-15s collide over Gulf of Mexico (Fox update: one pilot died of injuries)

    02/20/2008 2:01:20 PM PST · by keat · 129 replies · 514+ views
    CNN ^ | Feb. 20, 2008
  • Pilots rescued after fighter jets crash

    02/20/2008 5:12:14 PM PST · by RTO · 29 replies · 342+ views
    AP ^ | 02/20/2008 | By MELISSA NELSON, Associated Press Writer
    Two fighter jets crashed into the Gulf of Mexico during a training mission Wednesday, but the pilots ejected and were later rescued, the Air Force said. Eglin Air Force Base spokeswoman Shirley Pigott said the pilots were rescued after their single-seat F-15C Eagles disappeared Wednesday afternoon off the Florida Panhandle, about 35 miles south of Tyndall Air Force Base. The Air Force has not determined if the planes collided. Weather in the area was clear. Coast Guard Petty Officer James Harless said a Coast Guard rescue jet located one pilot and radioed the location to a fishing vessel, which picked...