GENEVA (AP) — Swiss authorities say the body of a Swiss fighter jet pilot has been found after his U.S.-built F/A-18C aircraft went missing in the Alps two days ago. The federal government says the ...

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There are often fighter jets flying over, so I thought it sounded just like that. I looked outside, but I couldn't see any fighter planes," he told The Associated Press in a phone interview. "The ...

Meiringen Air Base sits west of Meiringen, hidden among the Swiss Alps. It remains an active military airfield of the Swiss Air Force. Its location alone sets it apart from most air bases in Europe.

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The refinement of the fighter jet seems to have happened at a blistering pace. The world's first operative fighter jet was Germany's Messerschmitt Me 262, which took to the skies during the latter ...