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NEWS ABOUT: F-16

F-16 stories: 3 news summaries
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Cockpit Recorder No Help in Northwest Flight Probe

Device captures just half an hour; record of 78-minute gap lost

Oct 23, 09 3:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Because the aircraft has an old cockpit voice recorder, the world may never know why the pilots of Northwest Flight 188 lost contact with ground control for 78 minutes. The recorder on the Airbus A320 has a maximum memory of 30 minutes, after which it tapes over itself. So investigators... More »

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Wisconsin • FAA • Northwest Airlines • San Diego • NTSB • Delta • pilot • Minneapolis airport • pilot fatigue • Air National Guard • airlines • F-16 • NORAD

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

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

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