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Article: NAVY JET FIGHTER DOWNS AIR FORCE JET BY MISTAKE
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- September 23, 1987
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NORFOLK, Va. - A US Air Force reconnaissance jet was
accidentally shot down yesterday by a Navy F-14 Tomcat fighter over
the Mediterranean Sea during NATO exercises, but the two Air Force
crewmen ejected safely, the Navy said.
The Air Force RF-4C jet was downed by an air-to-air missile
fired by the F-14, said Cmdr. Jolene Keefer, a spokeswoman for the
Naval Air Force Atlantic. The Air Force plane was from Tactical
Reconnaissance Wing 26 at Wiesbaden Air Base in West Germany.
The Tomcat, from the carrier USS Saratoga, carries the
long-range Phoenix missile, the medium-range Sparrow and the
short-range Sidewinder, but Keefer said she did not know which hit
the Air Force jet.
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