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Afghanistan (2): US Air Force grounds all its F-15s

Kabul , Afghanistan - After the grounding of the fighters in the US now also the missions abroad affected

All F-15 fighters of the US Air Force employed in the military operations in Afghanistan have been grounded for safety checks on behalf the military leadership. The decision, which follows the yesterday's one of the grounding of all the 676 F-15s used in the US, was caused by the crash of one of these aircraft during a training mission in Missouri (see AVIONEWS). The F-15s are authorized to take off...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1081599
Rome, Italy, 11/06/2007 13:53
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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