ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek and Turkish F-16 fighter jets collided in mid-air on Tuesday while shadowing each other in the southern Aegean, where the two NATO allies have long disputed control over airspace. The exact circumstances of how the two planes crashed, in an area where aircraft of the two age-old rivals frequently harass each other in close maneuvers, were not immediately clear. The Turkish military said the crash was caused by a Greek fighter interfering in Turkish maneuvers in international airspace. Greece, however, said the collision occurred during "interception maneuvers" above the Greek island of Karpathos. Click here for the full article. ...
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