Article: U.S. Jet Fighter Crashes, Pilot Ejects Safely.

U.S. Airman Secures Crank That Connects An F-16 Jet Fighter ...
Getty Images;  December 12, 2002 ;     246 words ... ... ARI BASE, ITALY - DECEMBER 12: U.S. Airman First Class Timothy Tyler of the 555th Fighter Squadron tightens a crank that connects an F-16 jet fighter to a tow truck December 12, 2002 at Aviano Air Base, Italy. The readiness check is ...

Article: BIRTH OF THE NATION'S FIRST JET FIGHTER ...
Daily News (Los Angeles, CA);  December 21, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... Valley, working on America's first jet fighter, the Bell XP-59 Airacomet ... the Army Air Corps formed the 412th Fighter Squadron. It was to train P-59 pilots and ... to Palmdale as a member of the 445th Fighter Squadron, one of the new P-59 squadrons being ...

Article: Langley welcomes its jet fighter aircraft ...
The Virginian Pilot;  July 29, 2006 ;     592 words ... ... Station to wait for the completion of the repairs. The 71st Fighter Squadron flew 1,500 flight hours during its deployment, said ... Sherburne , spokeswoman for the 1st Fighter Wing. The 94th Fighter Squadron conducted its first evaluation of its air-to-ground ...

Article: U.S. will pull jet fighter unit out of Philippines
Chicago Sun-Times;  June 29, 1990 ;     637 words ... ... United States announced Thursday that it plans to withdraw a fighter squadron from the Philippines as part of the worldwide reduction ... said the 24 Phantom F-4-G jets of the 90th Tactical Fighter Squadron will be phased out over 12 months, starting in October ...

Article: Langley Air Force Base introduces new jet fighter.
Daily Press (Newport News, VA);  February 12, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... from Lt. Col. James B. Becker, commander of the 27th Fighter Squadron, to Col. Frank Gorenc, commander of the First Fighter ... is scheduled for December. Starting in May, the 27th Fighter Squadron gets two Raptors a month. The squadron will be the first ...

Article: Jet fighter crashes over Gulf, pilot survives
AP Online;  April 27, 1998 ;     271 words ... ... to the U.S. Naval Forces Central Command at 5th Fleet headquarters in Bahrain. The aircraft was assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron 192. The cause of the accident was under investigation. The plane was launched from the aircraft carrier USS Independence ...

Article: NAVY JET FIGHTER DOWNS AIR FORCE JET BY MISTAKE
The Boston Globe;  September 23, 1987 ;     431 words ... ... Portsmouth, Ohio, the weapons officer. She did not have the names of the two crewmen of the F-14, which is attached to Fighter Squadron 74 at Oceana Naval Air Station in Virginia Beach. The accident, which occurred at 3:50 p.m. EDT, is being investigated ...