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| Blue Angel, Thunderbird jets crash in separate incidents | | An F-16 crashed south of Colorado Springs, Colorado, on Thursday following a U.S. Air Force Academy commencement ceremony attended by President Barack Obama. A spokesman for the academy says the plane went down far from the stadium and the pilot safely ejected. Only the pilot was on board, FAA spokesperson Allen Kenitzer said. There were no reported casualties on the ground, though the plane itself was badly damaged, said Robb Lingley of Peterson Air Force Base public affairs. President Obama later met with the pilot when he visited the air force base.
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| Photos of the U.S. military in action | | | More than 1.3 million people serve in the five branches of the U.S. armed forces. Add in civilian employees from the U.S. Department of Defense, and you get the world's largest employer: 3.2 million employees, according to the World Economic Forum. Take a look at some of the things the military been doing in the past month. |
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