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• Clement Charpentreau
A Turkish Air Force F-16 crashed Wednesday during a training flight in Yalova Province, northwest of Istanbul, Turkey’s Ministry of National Defense said. The pilot ejected and survived, while the ministry launched an investigation into the cause of the accident.
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A Turkish Air Force F-16 crashed Wednesday during a training flight in Yalova Province, northwest of Istanbul, Turkey’s Ministry of National Defense said. The pilot ejected and survived, while the ministry launched an investigation into the cause of the accident.
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