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New details on F-16, drone collision in banned Arizona airspace


New details emerge on the collision of an F-16 fighter jet and an illicitly flying drone in banned military airspace above Arizona

A little more has been uncovered about the mysterious drone sightings in a highly restricted US military test flight area above the Arizona desert, but the additional details don’t offer any clear idea of who might be illegally piloting the UAVs. The investigative unit of TV station Arizona Family discovered and looked into the illicit drone incursions into the test zone, and has now provided the additional details into the collision with a military jet. While the military test flight zone is down in that general area, former fighter pilots told Arizona Family that the extreme altitudes involved lead them to conclude the invading craft “belong to one or several foreign governments, hoping to gather information about US.

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