PHOENIX (Reuters) - An Iraqi military student pilot died when his F-16 fighter jet crashed in a desert area in southeastern Arizona, officials said on Wednesday, in the second fatal crash involving an Iraqi pilot training in the state.
The pilot was on a routine training mission with the Arizona Air National Guard when the jet crashed at about 3 p.m. on Tuesday, some 20 miles (32 km) northwest of Safford, National Guard spokeswoman First Lieutenant Lacey Roberts said in a statement.
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