UFOs? Nope -- fighter jets, Air Force says
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Ten Air Force Reserve F-16 fighter jets were the cause of the lights seen over parts of central Texas earlier this month that many believed to be UFOs, according to an Air Force Reserve news release.
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The purported al Qaeda video showing fighters firing missiles at a U.S. base in Afghanistan is "video fiction," a NATO official said Saturday.
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BAGHDAD, Nov. 29 -- U.S. military  officials said Wednesday that they are trying to determine if human remains found at the crash site of an Air Force F-16 fighter jet 20 miles northwest of Baghdad are those of the plane's pilot.
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An American pilot whose F-16 fighter jet went down in Iraq was listed as killed in action following DNA analysis of remains recovered at the crash site, the U.S. Air Force said Sunday.
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Federal officials are concerned that terrorists could try to down aircraft by blinding pilots with laser beams during landing approaches.
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An F-15 fighter jet went down Tuesday afternoon in the Pacific Ocean during a training mission, the Oregon National Guard said. There was no word on the fate of the pilot.
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Aerial killdroids escape military pilots' union The US Air Force (USAF)'s plan to seize control of almost all American flying killbots has been rebuffed, according to reports.â¦
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The Air Force expects planes will be able to fire non-lethal microwave rays at enemy ground troops with the help of a new superconducting generator system developed at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base after about 25 years of research.
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Some pilots see 'suspicious' activity, but say there's no direct way to report it.
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The U.S. military says it will suspend sales of spare parts for the F-14 jet fighter sought by Iran
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The Air Force will keep more than 40 percent of its older model F-15 fighter jets grounded indefinitely after discovering that critical support beams have manufacturing flaws dating back nearly 30 years that could lead to catastrophic damage to the aircraft.
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The Air Force has made substantial changes in its handling of nuclear weapons in the wake of a B-52 flight last August during which the pilots and crew were unaware they were carrying six air-launched cruise missiles with nuclear warheads, according to a policy directive approved last week.
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The U.S. Air Force said on Wednesday  it denied two Lockheed Martin protests involving classified  deals for which Boeing Co. was also a bidder.
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By The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  Mar. 2--The U.S. Navy justified its decision to build a practice landing field for jet fighters close to a North Carolina haven for large migratory birds on the basis of an environmental study found deficient by the federal courts.
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Rumors of the C-17's demise appear greatly exaggerated.
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A U.S. Air Force F-16 fighter jet crashed Friday during a close air support mission for ground forces &#151; a rare loss in Iraq of the workhorse aircraft. Meanwhile, Defense Secretary Robert Gates came to Baghdad on an unannounced visit, and the U.S. military said five soldiers had died.
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An anonymous letter told top Air Force officials about rape allegations at the Air Force Academy six months before the scandal became public, Pentagon records show.