President Bush Friday agreed to sell Pakistan as many as 24 F-16
fighters (variant unknown), a reward for Islamabad's help in the
fight against terror -- but a "great disappointment" to Pakistan's
uneasy neighbor, India.
The release from the Navy was brief, all business. It told of
the death of a student pilot of VT-7, a training squadron based at
NAS Meridian, MS. The pilot's name was withheld to give the next of
kin 24 hours to grieve in private.
The pilot of a USAF F-15C is reportedly in good condition after
he ejected from his aircraft while on a mission out of Nellis AFB
near Las Vegas, according to the Air Force. It was the third mishap
involving aircraft from Nellis since December -- the second in a
week.
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