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Kunsan Air BaseAircraft maintenance crews from Alaska and South Korea have repaired a U.S. F-16 fighter jet that made an emergency landing last week on a remote island in the Bering Sea. The jet flew out of St. Paul Island Thursday en route to Eielson Air Force Base. -
KUAC file photoAir Force investigators released a report Tuesday on what caused the pilot of Eielson-based F-16 fighter jet to declare an in-flight emergency shortly after takeoff last year.
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Investigators looking into the cause of a fatal plane crash last month near McGrath have recovered the wreckage and will soon begin examining it for evidence of mechanical problems. -
The North American Aerospace Defense Command tracked and intercepted two Russian military aircraft Wednesday in international airspace near Alaska. -
Search and Rescue personnel are still catching up after a long holiday weekend that included three plane crashes, one of which claimed the life of Cary Foster, an Anchorage pilot and hunting guide. -
The state Department of Environmental Conservation has no plans to clean up the site where a cargo plane crashed and burned near Fairbanks last month. The agency says tests show the fire consumed nearly all of the 4,700 gallons of fuel on board. -
Preliminary report outlines events leading up to Aug. 9 crash, but doesn’t address why aircraft went down because investigators can’t get into the remote site — park rangers say it's too dangerous to try.
