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New report on F-16 crash refutes earlier claim of maintenance error

Last updated Friday, February 15, 2013 - 8:00am

HILL AIR FORCE BASE — A new Air Force investigation has found that the engine failure that caused a Hill Air Force Base F-16 to crash last spring likely could not have been detected by maintenance workers — a finding that is contrary to the initial crash report.

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News conference at Hill AFB about a F-16 crash at the test range this morning Friday.
(KENDAL RUSSELL/Standard-Examiner)

Hill suspends flying operations after F-16 crashes in Utah Test and Training Range

Loretta Park Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, May 4, 2012 - 7:50pm

HILL AIR FORCE BASE -- Flying operations have been suspended at Hill Air Force Base until further notice following an F-16 crash at the Utah Test and Training Range on Friday.

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Hill AFB Conference about a F-16 crash on the testing range

Kendal Russell

Last updated Friday, May 4, 2012 - 1:58pm

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Emergency crews extinguish a fire at the scene of a jet crash Friday, April 6, 2012 in Virginia Beach, Va. Two Navy pilots ejected from a fighter jet Friday, sending the unmanned plane careening into a Virginia Beach apartment complex and tearing the roof off at least one building that was engulfed in flames, officials said. Six people, including both pilots, were taken to hospitals, officials said. The Navy said both aviators on board the jet ejected before it crashed around noon and were being taken to hospitals for observation. (AP Photo/Virginian-Pilot, Ross Taylor)

Navy jet crashes into Virginia Beach apartment complex

The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, April 6, 2012 - 2:59pm

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Government to pay family $17.8M for Marine jet crash that killed 4

Julie Watson The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, December 28, 2011 - 4:06pm

SAN DIEGO -- A federal judge on Wednesday ordered the U.S. government to pay $17.8 million to a family that lost four members when a Marine Corps fighter jet crashed into their San Diego home in 2008.

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