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A Navy F-18 fighter jet that crashed into a Virginia Beach neighborhood in April experienced dual engine failure, marking the first time an F-18 has had two unrelated catastrophic engine failures at the same time, according to a report released on the investigation.

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Challenging Iranupdated: Thu Feb 16 2012 14:58:00

CNN's Frederik Pleitgen on a U.S. carrier's mission close to Iran.

2 Marines rescued after jet crashupdated: Thu Aug 11 2011 08:29:00

Two Marines were rescued by the Coast Guard after their jet crashed into the Pacific Ocean Wednesday night, officials said.

Shoulder-fired missiles a threat to US troops in Afghanistanupdated: Wed Jul 28 2010 16:07:00

Among the 90,000 secret U.S. military documents posted on the internet this week by WikiLeaks are more than a dozen reports of possible attacks on Afghanistan coalition aircraft using heat-seeking shoulder-fired missiles.

Marines sack 4 over deadly California plane crashupdated: Tue Mar 03 2009 21:15:00

The Marine Corps has sacked four top officers of a California-based fighter squadron over the December crash of a fighter jet that slammed into a San Diego neighborhood, the service announced Tuesday.

Jet crash tape releasedupdated: Tue Mar 03 2009 21:15:00

The pilot in a deadly December 8 military jet crash in San Diego had safer landing option, as CNN's Brian Todd reports.

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