- AS SAYLIYA CAMP, Qatar (Reuters)
- The U.S. military confirmed on Thursday that an F/A-18 Hornet single-seat
aircraft went down in Iraq overnight.
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- "While the coalition does not discuss the details
of ongoing recovery operations, we are committed to accounting for all
coalition personnel," it said in a statement.
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- The U.S. Central Command forward headquarters in the
Gulf state of Qatar said, in its release headed "Hornet single-seat
aircraft down in Iraq," that an investigation was continuing and the
pilot's name would not yet be released.
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- It said the plane came down shortly before midnight Iraq
time on Wednesday.
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- U.S. television networks said the fighter-bomber, based
on an aircraft carrier, had been shot down over southern Iraq by a surface-to-air
missile.
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