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U.S. pilot ejects from fighter jet after slow-moving crash

 U.S. pilot ejects from fighter jet after slow-moving crash

A U.S. pilot ejected from a fighter jet after a bizarre slow-moving crash at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base in Fort Worth on Dec. 15. Read more:

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