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F-15E Incident in Libya; Crew Recovered

USS MOUNT WHITNEY, Mediterranean Sea (AFNS)–(ENEWSPF)–March 22, 2011.  Two crew members ejected from their U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle when the aircraft experienced equipment malfunction over northeast, Libya, March 21, at approximately 10:30 p.m. CET.

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Both crew members ejected and are safe.

The aircraft, based out of Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England, was flying out of Aviano Air Base in support of Operation Odyssey Dawn at the time of the incident.

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