Pilot Killed as Jet Fighter Crashes at Air Force Base
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TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. — An F-5 fighter crashed on takeoff Monday at this Florida Panhandle air base, killing the pilot, an Air Force spokesman said. The single-seat supersonic jet, assigned to Williams Air Force Base in Phoenix, had stopped at the Florida base while on a cross-country training mission. The cause of the crash was under investigation.
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