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A Marine Corps fighter jet collided in mid-air with another plane during a refueling operation in a remote desert area of Southern California Tuesday afternoon. But the pilot ejected and the other aircraft landed safely, the military said. The F-35B jet collided with a Lockheed Martin KC-130J tanker around 4 p.m., according to a statement from the Marine Corps Air Station Yuma in nearby Arizona. The other plane reportedly had eight crew members on board. None were injured.

A state lawmaker in Alaska and six others were killed on Friday morning after two planes collided mid-air in the city of Soldotna. State Rep. Gary Knopp (R), 67, was the sole occupant of a Piper PA-12 when it collided with a single-engine de Havilland DHC-2 Beaver around 8:30 a.m. local time near the Soldotna Airport, The Anchorage Daily News reported. Six people were confirmed dead at the scene except for one person who succumbed to injuries while being transported to a hospital, according to the Alaska Department of Public Safety. The other plane is designed with pontoons to make...

A father and son crash-landed upside down on a plateau between Lands End Road and U.S. Highway 50 on the south side of Grand Mesa. {snip} Pilot Tom Haefeli of Del Norte and his son John were over the Kannah Creek area, and Tom was making a soft turn. {snip} A plane landed safely at the Grand Junction Regional airport after a mid-air collision over Kannah Creek. Scanner reports indicate that the plane was carrying prisoners. The other plane is down near Kannah Creek and U.S. Highway 50.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- An F-15 fighter jet crashed Monday after colliding in mid-air with another military jet during a training exercise, Air Force officials said. The other jet landed safely, and no one was seriously injured. The pilot of the F-15C ejected safely and was taken a military hospital, said Airman Jennifer Anton, a spokeswoman at Eielson Air Force Base near Fairbanks. The pilot did not have serious injuries, she said. The pilot of the other jet, an F-16C that landed safely, was uninjured, she said. It was not immediately clear why the two jets collided at 11:23 a.m. local...

Denver plane collision kills four 01/25/2003 Associated Press DENVER - Two small planes collided and crashed into a northwest neighborhood Friday, killing four people in the aircraft and injuring seven on the ground. There were no survivors on either plane, Denver Manager of Safety Tracy Howard said. Crews were still searching for other possible victims. A twin-engine plane crashed into a yard, narrowly missing a house and garage. Two people died in that plane, Mr. Howard said. Two people aboard the other plane, a single-engine aircraft, were killed when it crashed into a house, fire officials said. "That plane...

Two fighter jets reported down in west desert (HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah (AP) -- Two F-16 fighter jets from Hill Air Force Base collided Friday over the Utah Test and Training Range in the desert west of the base, the military said. The base was in radio contact with one of the pilots late Friday afternoon, said Capt. Angie Chang, a spokeswoman for the 388th Fighter Wing. She could not give the status of the other pilot. A rescue team was still en route to the crash at 5 p.m., she said. A Federal Aviation Administration official also confirmed...

<p>The collision between a military and a civilian plane near Tucson on Friday that killed an Army pilot prompted four competitive British skydivers in the civilian plane to leap for their lives, officials said Saturday.</p> <p>"Luckily, the (civilian) passengers were experienced jumpers, and luckily the pilot did a really good job of keeping the plane steady so the passengers could jump," said Tony Frost, owner of the Marana Skydive Center and the Cessna 182 involved in the crash.</p>