85,000 See Fighter Jet Go Down at Air Show
From Times Wire Reports
A jet in the Air Force’s vaunted Thunderbirds flight unit crashed at an air show, but the pilot ejected with only minor injuries, and no injuries on the ground were reported.
About 85,000 spectators looked on as one of six Lockheed Martin F-16C Fighting Falcons crashed during the Gunfighter Skies 2003 air show at Mountain Home Air Force Base, about 50 miles southeast of Boise.
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