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French Fighter Jet Pilots Killed in Mid-Air Collision

Military and judicial investigations are ongoing into a mid-air collision that killed two Rafale pilots in northeastern France.
French Fighter Jet Pilots Killed in Mid-Air Collision
A Rafale jet fighter of the French Air Force patrols the airspace over Poland on March 4, 2022. Nicolas Tucat / AFP via Getty Images
Owen Evans
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Two fighter jet pilots died after their plane collided with another and crashed in France, according to the French military.

The two Rafale fighter jets collided on Aug. 14 during a combat maneuver in the Vosges region near the town of Colombey-les-Belles in northeastern France, the Defense Ministry said in a statement.
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