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American F-16 aircraft fallen last Saturday in Iraq

Balad, Iraq - Pilot luckily unhurt

The US military forces have been losing quite a number of airplanes and helicopters in Iraq. Last Saturday the umpteenth loss of a plane, an F-16 crashed during take-off from the main US base in Iraq, Balad, 80 km North of Baghdad. The airplane was taking off for a mission of support to the ground troops involved in some heavy fighting; that's what has been said by the US Army command. An inquiry...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1076948
Rome, Italy, 07/16/2007 17:33
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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