US Air Force jet crashes, no word on pilot; Gates visits Iraq
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BAGHDAD -- A US Air Force F-16 fighter jet crashed yesterday during a close air support mission for ground forces -- a rare loss in Iraq of the workhorse aircraft. Meanwhile, Defense Secretary Robert Gates came to Baghdad on an unannounced visit, and the US military said five soldiers had died.
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Officials say a private jet on its way to pick up former US president George Bush at a Houston airport has crashed in bad weather, killing the three crew members on board.
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Emergency crews searched woods and open fields today for five people missing after a commuter plane crashed south of Kirksville Regional Airport, killing at least eight of the 15 people on board.
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A U.S. Army helicopter crashed Friday in a hail of gunfire north of Baghdad, police and witnesses said &#151; the fourth lost in Iraq in the last two weeks. The U.S. command said two crew members were killed, and the top U.S. general conceded that insurgent ground fire has become more effective.
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A Greek fighter jet and a Turkish warplane collided Tuesday near the island of Karpathos in the Aegean Sea, the Greek government said. A rescue operation was launched for the three missing pilots, two Turks and one Greek.
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An aircraft that went missing in central  Afghanistan at the weekend is presumed to have crashed with  three U.S. military passengers and three U.S. civilian crew  aboard, military and security sources said on Tuesday.
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An F-15 fighter jet crashed in southern Indiana on Wednesday, the Federal Aviation Administration said.
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A Lear jet crashed in the mountains near the Mexican border early Sunday, shortly after taking off from a small air field in San Diego, the Federal Aviation Administration reported.
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A US helicopter goes down near Baghdad, in the fifth such incident in Iraq so far this year, US officials say.
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Americas Amber Alert National News Center ( HOUSTON Nov 22, 2004 ) - Jet Crashes Before Picking Up Elder BushPrivate Jet En Route to Pick Up Former President Bush Crashes in Houston Fog, Killing Three Investigators search a wooded field where a twin
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A private jet on its way to pick up  former U.S. President Bush at a Houston airport crashed in bad  weather on Monday, killing the three crew members on board,  officials said.
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A U.S. Marine transport helicopter  crashed early on Wednesday in western Iraq, the U.S. military  said in a statement.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq -- The military reported another American death in Iraq on Sunday. Officials said a US soldier died of wounds he sustained Saturday in a roadside bombing in northern Baghdad.
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A small plane with only the pilot on board crashed Friday afternoon onto Interstate 95 shortly after taking off from a nearby airport, authorities said
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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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Armed guards, not men in tights, for England; more pat-down searches at US airports. Two Russian planes destroyed by passengers carrying explosives on board and a trio of egregious security breaches in the
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Electrial problems. Unexpected stops. And a suicide bomber's strike. Inside Cheney's troubled Asia trip.