F-15 grounding strains U.S. air defenses (AP)

This October 2005 photo shows a group of  U.S. Air Force F-15 aircraft flying in formation near Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho. The Air Force grounded about 450 F-15s after one of the fighters began to break apart in the air and crashed Nov. 2, 2007 in Missouri. An Air Force investigation found there were 'possible fleet-wide airworthiness problems' because of defects in the metal rails that hold the fuselage together. It is not clear when the F-15s will be allowed to fly again. (AP Photo/Matt Cilley)AP – The grounding of hundreds of F-15s because of dangerous structural defects is straining the nation’s air defense network, forcing some states to rely on their neighbors’ fighter jets for protection, and Alaska to depend on the Canadian military.


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