Wednesday, March 25, 2009

F-22 Raptor Crashes Near Edwards Air Force Base

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F-22 Crashes In California Desert Near Air Base -- Yahoo News/AP

EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – One of the Air Force's top-of-the-line F-22 fighter jets crashed Wednesday in the high desert of Southern California. There was no immediate word on whether the pilot ejected.

The F-22A Raptor crashed 35 miles northeast of Edwards Air Force Base, Pentagon spokesman Gary Strassburg said. The Bureau of Land Management identifies the area as Harper Dry Lake, a vast and empty expanse of sometimes marshy flat land.

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More News On Today's F-22 Crash

Lockheed F-22 fighter crashes in California -- Reuters
USAF F-22 Raptor jet crashes in California -- UPI
US F-22 fighter jet crashes in California -- AFP
Air Force jet crashes in California -- CNN
Stealth jet crashes in US desert -- BBC
F-22 crashes in California desert near air base -- MSNBC
Jet Fighter Crashes In Calif. -- CBS News
F-22 Raptor Down at Edwards Air Force Base -- Popular Mechanics
F-22 Raptor Crashes Near Edwards AFB -- Aviation Week
F-22 Crashes Near Edwards Air Force Base -- FOX News
F-22 crashes in Calif. desert; no connection to Nellis -- Las Vegas Sun

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