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Both crew members have been safely recovered, having suffered only minor injuries, and are no longer in Libya.

A USAF plane picked up the pilot, while the second crew member was recovered by Libyan rebels who "took care of him" until coalition forces "could come get him," a US military official said.

The crash was "not due to enemy actions," said Kenneth Fidler, a spokesman for U.S.

Two United States Air Force airmen were forced to eject from their F-15E fighter jet over Libya on Monday night after a mechanical failure, the US military said.

The contract is the first phase of a larger contract to build 179 of the planes, for $35 billion, but according to analysts it could be worth $100 billion over the next 50 years, factoring in additional revenue for parts and servi

Boeing CEO Jim McNerney said in a statement, "We're honored to be given the opportunity to build the Air Force's next tan

The Air Force announced Thursday it was awarding Boeing (NYSE:BA) with a $3.5 billion initial contract to produce 18 next generation aerial refueling tankers, beating out European archrival EADS, maker of the Airbus family of jumb

Raytheon (RTN) announced today that it has been awarded a $107 million U.S. Air Force contract to further the design of the Space Fence system. The net-centric sensor is capable of detecting more and much-smaller objects in low ea