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The F-16 Fighting
Falcon went down around 8 p.m. local time five miles (eight
kilometers) from Douglas Municipal Airport in the city of
Douglas on the U.S.-Mexico border, the 162nd Wing Arizona Air
National Guard said.
It was not immediately clear what caused the crash or whether
the pilot, who was alone on board, managed to eject safely, it
said.
Officials with the Cochise County Sheriff's Office told local
broadcaster KOLD-TV that several homes had to be evacuated
because of a large fire caused by the crash.
(Reporting by Curtis Skinner in San Francisco; editing by John
Stonestreet)
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