1. ...a bomber that crashed during a training mission in the west Texas mountains. 2. The jet had been on a routine training mission when it came down, destroying thirteen parked cars. 3. An AWACS surveillance plane on a training mission over the United States was diverted to the area, said a Pentagon spokesman, Rear Adm. Craig Quigley. 4. An Apache helicopter on a training mission in Albania crashed, killing its two pilots. 5. As much as a year before, Army representatives had quietly approached officials in a number of Texas cities, seeking permission to stage training missions in abandoned buildings. 6. At the time of the accident, Italian officials said that despite warnings, U.S. pilots had repeatedly flown recklessly low in training missions. 7. A jet fighter that conked out on a routine training mission was ditched into the ocean off Atlantic City Thursday afternoon by a pilot who ejected safely. 8. A Navy petty officer from Florida was killed Thursday morning in a training mission in a remote area near Kandahar, Afghanistan, the Department of Defense announced. 9. A spokeswoman for the Virginia Air National Guard said the passengers were members of a military construction and engineering crew on a training mission. 10. A US aviator who has flown in the region for more than a year said the training missions are far more difficult than patrolling the no-fly zones. |
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