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Body fragments found at U.S. plane crash site in Kyrgyzstan
MOSCOW -- Rescue teams found remains of two crew members Saturday morning at the site of a U.S. military plane crash in Kyrgyzstan, an official said. “Fragments of two bodies have already been found as we are continuing the search,”...Tags: Air and Space Accidents, Transportation Accidents, Afghanistan, U.S. Military, U.S. Air Force
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Body of third American found at site of Kyrgyzstan crash
MOSCOW -- Recovery teams have found the body of the third American crew member at the site of a plane crash in Kyrgyzstan, the television network Russia-24 reported Saturday. The remains of the plane's two other crew members were found Saturday morning....
Tags: Television Networks, Armed Conflicts, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Afghanistan, U.S. Air Force
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Witnesses in Kyrgyzstan say U.S. military plane broke apart midair
Witnesses say a U.S. tanker airplane that crashed Friday in northern Kyrgyzstan caught fire and broke apart in the air, according to local officials. Emergency response crews were dispatched to the scene, but the fate of the crew was not immediately...
Tags: Air and Space Accidents, Transportation Accidents, Kabul (Afghanistan), Afghanistan, U.S. Military
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Plane from McConnell AFB crashes in Kyrgyzstan
BISHKEK (Reuters) - A U.S. military refueling plane on its way to Afghanistan exploded in mid air and crashed in Kyrgyzstan on Friday when its cargo of fuel ignited, the Central Asian country's Emergencies Ministry said. The aircraft took off from the U....
Tags: Explosions, Air and Space Accidents, Wars and Interventions, Transportation Accidents, Afghanistan
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U.S. military plane crashes in Kyrgyzstan
MOSCOW -- A U.S. fueling plane crashed in the mountains of Kyrgyzstan on Friday, a local official said. The Boeing 707 took off from the U.S. air base at Manas International Airport near Bishkek, officials said. The base is a key installation for...
Tags: Air and Space Accidents, Transportation Accidents, Pakistan, U.S. Air Force, Kyrgyzstan
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Rivalry Brews in Russia's Backyard
Times Staff WriterThe Cold War may be over, but U.S. and Russian soldiers are expanding outposts in this mountainous former Soviet republic about 3,200 miles east of NATO headquarters in Brussels and nearly 2,000 miles from Moscow. The U.S. opened its base three years ago...Tags: Zbigniew Brzezinski, Heads of State, Europe, Nuclear Power, NATO
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