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To: Jet Jaguar

US fighter jet crashes in Afghanistan; 2 crew dead
By ROBERT H. REID (AP) – 1 hour ago
KABUL — A U.S. military F-15E fighter jet crashed in Afghanistan early Saturday, killing two crew members, a U.S. military spokesman said.
A second fighter aircraft traveling with the jet that went down saw no evidence of enemy fire, U.S. military spokesman Col. Greg Julian said.
No fighter jets have crashed in Afghanistan in years. Militants are able to shoot down helicopters with rockets, but are not known to have the anti-aircraft weaponry necessary to bring down a high-flying jet.

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8 posted on 07/17/2009 11:06:41 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar
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To: Jet Jaguar
F-15E Strike Eagle MO 90-244 of 391st FS 'Bold Tigers', 366th Wg, Mountain Home AFB, ID.
9 posted on 07/17/2009 11:11:45 PM PDT by myknowledge (F-22 Raptor: World's Largest Distributor of Sukhoi parts!)
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To: Jet Jaguar

I hope it wasn’t “the cracks” again........

Prayers to the friends and families if this report is true .

Thanks for the update JJ........Nite !


10 posted on 07/17/2009 11:12:32 PM PDT by Squantos (Be polite. Be professional. But have a plan to kill everyone you meet)
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