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Italy: U.S. Fighter Jet on a Training Mission Is Missing Italy: U.S. Fighter Jet on a Training Mission Is Missing
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A United States F-16 fighter jet may have crashed on Monday during a training exercise over the Adriatic Sea off the coast of Italy, and the Air Force said the status of its pilot was unknown. Search efforts, aided by Italy’s Coast Guard, were under way. The Air Force said only that it had “lost contact” with the F-16 around 8 p.m. while the pilot was on a training mission. A United States F-16 fighter jet may have crashed on Monday during a training exercise over the Adriatic Sea off the coast of Italy, and the Air Force said the status of its pilot was unknown. Search efforts, aided by Italy’s Coast Guard, were under way. The Air Force said only that it had “lost contact” with the F-16 around 8 p.m.