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Syria rebels down fighter jet near Aleppo: watchdog
Syrian rebels shot down a fighter jet in the northern province of Aleppo on Saturday, a monitoring group and a military defector said. “The rebels shot down the fighter jet in the west of Aleppo province, where fierce battles are taking place,” Syrian Observatory for Human Rights director Rami Abdel…
Fighter jet scrambled after plane enters Olympic no-fly zone
LONDON — Britain scrambled a Royal Air Force Typhoon jet on Wednesday after a commercial airliner entered restricted airspace put in place for the London Olympics, the Ministry of Defence said. The RAF jet was launched after air traffic controllers lost contact with the plane. But contact was soon re-established…
Turkey accuses Syria of shooting down missing fighter jet
Turkey said Friday that Syria had shot down a Turkish fighter jet which was reported missing near their border over the eastern Mediterranean earlier in the day. After a joint search and rescue operation with Syria, “it has been understood that our plane has been struck down by Syria,” Prime…
F-18 fighter jet crashes into apartment complex
On Friday afternoon, a Navy fighter jet crashed into an apartment complex in Virginia Beach, Virginia during a training mission. Fortunately, there have been no reported deaths due to the crash, which damaged at least 40 apartments. Navy officials said the F-18 fighter jet experienced a “catastrophic mechanical malfunction” shortly…
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