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Officials: F-15s collide over Gulf of Mexico

2/20/08 Air Force and U.S. Coast Guard crews searching the Gulf for the pilots

F15Cs collided during training exercise, officials say

Planes were part of the 33rd Fighter Wing based at Eglin Air Force Base

Crash happened at 3 p.m. ET, about 50 miles south of Panama City, Florida




(CNN) -- A pair of F-15C fighter jets are missing after colliding Wednesday during a training exe More..rcise over the Gulf of Mexico, according to Air Force officials.


Two F-15C fighter jets, like the one pictured, collided over the Gulf of Mexico, the Air Force says.

Air Force search and rescue and U.S. Coast Guard crews were searching the Gulf for the two pilots Wednesday afternoon.

The single-seat jets planes were part of the 33rd Fighter Wing, a combat unit based at Eglin Air Force Base in the Florida panhandle.

The crash happened at about 3 p.m. ET and about 50 miles south of Tyndall Air Force Base in Panama City, Florida.

In January a top Air Force general said a manufacturing defect blamed for causing a mid-air breakup of an F-15 Eagle fighter, which occured in November, might lead the Air Force to permanently ground a quarter of those warplanes.

There is no information currently that points to a malfunctioning defect as the cause of Wednesday's incident.

other reports; 'unconfirmed' from the N.O. based Coast Guard stated that a 'good samaritan has picked up one pilot.
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