F-18

11.22.09

Close-Range F/A-18 Flyby Causes Freakouts, Coffee-Spitting in Detroit Apartment Building

By John Mahoney Posted 07.16.2009 at 12:15 pm 17 Comments

Believe it or not, this image isn't Photoshopped in any way.

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Why the Fighter Plane Failed

Normal aging is blamed for yesterday's F-18 crash, which killed at least three people; should these planes still be flying?
By Stuart Fox Posted 12.09.2008 at 4:32 pm 27 Comments

An explosion shook the San Diego neighborhood of University City yesterday afternoon when a U.S. Navy fighter jet crashed into a house. The pilot of the plane safely ejected, but a mother, child, and grandmother died when the plane hit their home, and another child is still missing.

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