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fighter jet stories: 22 news summaries

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US Pilot Missing
After F-16s Collide

Coast Guard searches waters off South Carolina

Oct 16, 09 4:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Coast Guard is searching off the coast of South Carolina for the pilot of an F-16 involved in a collision with another fighter jet last night during a training exercise. The other pilot involved managed to safely return to Shaw Air Force Base and is being examined by doctors.... More »

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Air Force • fighter jet • US military • fighter pilot • F-16

 Lovey-Dovey 
 Hummers 
 Faster Than 
 Jet Fighters 

Courtship dive involves G-forces that would make stunt pilots swoon

Jun 10, 09 2:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - The courtship dive of an American species of hummingbird involves speeds that—relative to its size—outpace even fighter jets at full throttle, the Independent reports. Researchers discovered that the male Anna's hummingbird moves 383 times its body length each second as it swoops, creating G-forces strong enough to make... More »

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fighter jet • birds • wildlife • hummingbird

(Newser) - The plane thief who led US fighter jets on a chase across six states yesterday did so as part of a bizarre suicide attempt, according to the Missouri trooper who arrested him. Yavuz Berke was hoping that if he flew the Cessna stolen in Canada into the US he’d... More »

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suicide • Canada • fighter jet • Missouri • Cessna • NORAD • Yavuz Berke

Canadian Plane Thief Nabbed on Mo. Highway After Wild Chase

US fighter jets tracked Cessna lifted in Ontario

Apr 7, 09 1:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - The pilot of a stolen Cessna has been captured after landing the plane on a Missouri highway and attempting to flee on foot, CNN reports. The plane had been intercepted and tracked by US fighter jets since heading into American airspace shortly after it was stolen from a flight school... More »

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Canada • fighter jet • Missouri • Cessna • NORAD

(Newser) - On the day before President Obama’s recent visit to Canada, that nation’s warplanes turned back a Russian bomber, the National Post reports. The plane did not enter Canadian airspace, but the incident still alarmed officials, who have striven to enforce sovereignty. “When we see a Russian bear... More »

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Russia • Canada • fighter jet • scramble • Bear bomber • President Obama • air defense • intercept • NORAD • Peter MacKay

 NASA Aims to 
 Stifle the Sonic Boom 

Researchers experiment with quieter ways to smash the sound barrier

Feb 12, 09 7:44 AM CST
(Newser) - NASA scientists are trying to mute the ear-splitting boom caused by supersonic flight into more of a sonic rumble, Wired reports. Researchers using modified F-15 jets have been experimenting with different wing shapes to spread out shock waves from breaking the sound barrier so they sound more like thunder than... More »

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NASA • fighter jet • aviation • aircraft • airplane • supersonic jet

Dead Family's Dad: 'Pray
for Fighter Pilot'

'Tell me' how to deal with this, pleads grieving father

Dec 10, 08 5:02 AM CST
(Newser) - The Korean immigrant who lost his family when a fighter jet crashed into his San Diego home urged people to pray for the Marine Corps pilot "not to suffer," reports CNN.  "I don't blame him. I don't have any hard feelings. I know he did everything... More »

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(Newser) - Search crews today found the body of a missing 15-month-old girl in the rubble of her San Diego home, the fourth and final victim of a military jet crash in a suburban neighborhood. The toddler and three family members—her mother, grandmother, and 2-month-old sister—were killed in Monday's accident.... More »

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Rescuers Comb San Diego Site for Toddler 

One-year-old's mom, grandmother, sibling killed in jet crash

Dec 9, 08 2:08 PM CST
(Newser) - Rescuers in San Diego resumed their search today for a missing 1-year-old whose mother, grandmother, and 2-month-old sibling were killed in yesterday’s military plane crash, reports NBC affiliate KNSD-TV. A Red Cross spokeswoman said the child’s father is “calm” and staying with friends. “I cried all... More »

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military • fighter jet • San Diego • plane crash • fire

3 Killed in
San Diego
Jet Crash

Student pilot blames mechanical problem
in Marine fighter jet

Dec 9, 08 2:12 AM CST
(Newser) - Two adults and an infant were killed in a house destroyed by fire when a student pilot smashed a Marine fighter jet into a San Diego street yesterday, reports CNN. Another adult in the house is missing. Debris flew between homes, setting three on fire and destroying two.  The... More »

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military • fighter jet • San Diego • death • plane crash • fire

 Fighter Jet Crashes in 
 San Diego Neighborhood 

Two crew members ejected; no reports of injuries on ground

Dec 8, 08 3:34 PM CST
(Newser) - A fighter jet returning from a training mission caught fire and crashed into a residential neighborhood in San Diego today, the Union-Tribune reports. Both crew members ejected safely before the F/A-18 barreled into a home on the ground. At least one house is on fire, but no injuries on the... More »

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California • fighter jet • US military • San Diego • plane crash • Miramar

Pentagon Seeks $15.2B Fighter Sale to Israel

US maker Lockheed Martin still developing next-generation jet

Sep 30, 08 6:15 PM CDT
(AP) - The Defense Department said today it wants to sell up to 75 fighter jets to Israel in a $15.2 billion deal for the aircraft expected to be the mainstay of air power in the US and several other nations for decades. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency said it notified... More »

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Israel • Pentagon • fighter jet • Lockheed Martin • F-35 • arms sales • F-16 • Defense Security Cooperation Agency

 Russian Bombers 
 Land in Venezuela 

Strategic fighters arrive after Chavez's invitation

Sep 11, 08 6:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - Two Russian bombers have landed at an airfield in Venezuela, where the Russian defense ministry says they will conduct a few days of test flights. The mission comes after Hugo Chávez, the Venezuelan president, invited the Russian air force to conduct operations in its territory. A spokesman for the... More »

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Russia • Venezuela • fighter jet • Hugo Chávez • stealth bomber • airplanes

Analysts: Mac Win Likely
to Hit Defense Firms Harder

He's got the clout and the will to slash budgets

Sep 6, 08 2:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - The defense industry is generally wary of Democratic wins, but this time around it's a Republican victory that may give military industries—and their investors—a complex, MarketWatch reports. A President Obama would be unlikely to give critics of his foreign policy cred ammunition by slashing defense spending, analysts say,... More »

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John McCain • fighter jet • US military • Defense Industry • Army contracts • military spending • Pentagon waste • military equipment

 Iraq Looks to Buy 
 F-16s  From US 

Advanced weaponry could speed American pullout

Sep 5, 08 8:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - Iraq’s military wants to buy 36 F-16 fighter planes from the US in an effort to cut its dependence on American air power, the Wall Street Journal reports. The multi-billion-dollar purchase could speed the withdrawal of US troops from Iraq, but neighboring nations may worry about the presence of... More »

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Iraq • Iraq pullout • fighter jet • US military • Lockheed Martin

Pakistan Spends US Anti-Terror Aid on Jets

Shift in counter-terrorism funding angers lawmakers

Jul 24, 08 2:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - A plan to spend US funds earmarked for anti-terrorism aid to upgrade Pakistan's F-16 jets is angering lawmakers who complain that it's a misuse of the money, the New York Times reports. The Bush administration says the $230 million will boost the jets' ability to strike at insurgents. Critics say... More »

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Pakistan • fighter jet • counterterrorism • tribal areas • al-Qaeda • Pakistan military

 Fighter Jet Dazzles Airshow 

Overseas audiences meet the F-22 'Raptor'

Jul 14, 08 3:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - Aviation experts were treated to a display of the world’s most advanced fighter jet at the kickoff of the Farnborough International Airshow today in England, Reuters reports. In its first international exhibition, the Lockheed Martin F-22 “Raptor” executed a dizzying array of flips, dips, and dives as it... More »

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flight • fighter jet • aviation • airplane • US Air Force • Farnborough Air Show

US: Israeli Exercise
Was Dry Run for Iran Strike

Israel 'ready' to hit Iran's nuke facilities if talks fail

Jun 20, 08 6:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - A recent Israeli exercise looked to US officials very much like a rehearsal for a strike on Iran, the New York Times reports.  The Pentagon also believes the massive exercise in the first week of June, involving over a hundred fighter jets, was a message to the world... More »

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Iran • Israel • fighter jet • nuclear enrichment • nuclear facilities

(Newser) - Israel is investigating reports that Russia will supply Iran with $1 billion in long-range fighter jets and aerial fuel tankers, the Jerusalem Post says. Israeli officials say the pact could be a partial response to a billion-dollar US arms deal with Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states. More »

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Iran • Russia • Israel • Middle East • Saudi Arabia • fighter jet • fuel tankers • arms deal

Pentagon Destroys
Surplus Goods

Surplus dealers angry at scope of gear purge

Jul 23, 07 2:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Pentagon is scrapping millions of dollars of gear it has traditionally resold to surplus dealers, Time reports. The army claims that sorting passels of helmets, boots, and sleeping bags is too onerous, while suppliers are concerned the move is the vestige of an effort to keep old jet parts... More »

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Iraq • Pentagon • fighter jet • helmets • bureaucracy • US Army • surplus • army supplies

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