Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- April 15, 2011



Pilot Safe After Jet Catches Fire On Navy Carrier -- AJC/AP

SAN DIEGO — The engine of a jet fighter caught fire in the air over an aircraft carrier in the Arabian Sea, but sailors quickly doused the flames after it touched down and the pilot escaped unharmed, the Navy said Thursday.

The fire on the USS Carl Vinson on Monday was the second involving an F/A-18C Hornet aboard an aircraft carrier in less than a month. Authorities did not immediately indicate whether the causes might be related.

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