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Hellenic Air Force F-16 caught fire during scramble

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A Greek F-16 caught fire while it was being scrambled to intercept Turkish aircraft on Nov. 2. The incident happened at Souda air base on Crete.

F-16C block 52+ fighter jet, Hellenic Air Force (November 2010)
By Copyright ©2006 K. Krallis, SV1XV (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons

Although the fire was extinguished, the pilot had to be warded in a hospital.

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