SIDEWINDER MISFIRE CAUSES F-15J LOSS
Japan's air force is investigating why a Raytheon/Mitsubishi AIM-9L Sidewinder missile mounted on an F-15J fired during a routine training mission despite the fact that the safe-and-arm device was in the ``off'' position. The missile destroyed another F-15J but the pilot ejected safely. It was the...
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