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Philippine forces find wreckage of missing fighter jet, bodies of its 2 pilots
The FA-50 jet lost communication during the combat mission with other air force aircraft after midnight Tuesday before reaching a target area in southern Bukidnon province
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MANILA: Philippine military officials said on Tuesday that rescuers have found the wreckage of a missing fighter jet and the bodies of its two pilots in a mountainous region of a southern province where they were deployed to fight communist rebels.
The FA-50 jet lost communication during the combat mission with other air force aircraft after midnight Tuesday before reaching a target area in southern Bukidnon province.
The other aircraft were able to return safely to an air base in central Cebu province after carrying out assaults, military officials said.
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