Air Force jets collide, all aboard survive

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Air Force jets collide, all aboard survive

DUNCAN, Okla. (AP) =97 Two Air Force training jets from Sheppard Air Force=
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Base collided Friday in a remote area of southern Oklahoma. All four people=
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aboard the planes survived, military officials said.  The Air Force base in=
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Wichita Falls, Texas, issued a statement saying one of the T-37 jets was=20
able to fly back to the base and land safely with two people aboard.  The=20
two people in the other jet ejected before it crashed in a field near Lake=
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Waurika, south of Duncan, and were taken to the base hospital for=20
examination. The crash occurred about a half-mile from an elementary=20
school.  The Air Force base did not describe the extent of the damage on=20
the airplane that was able to land, other than to say the pilot was not=20
able to extend its landing gear.  The base said a board of military=20
officers would investigate the crash.  The T-37, a twin-engine jet built by=
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the Cessna Aircraft Co., has dual controls, ejection seats and a=20
clamshell-type canopy that can be jettisoned. The student and instructor=20
sit side-by-side in the cockpit of the two-seat jet.  The aging T-37s first=
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entered service in 1956 and cost about $167,000 each.


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