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Pentagon says missing military jet is ‘believed to be crashed’

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An Alaska-based Air Force F-22 that went missing on a training mission is “believed to be crashed,” a Pentagon spokesman said Wednesday.

Col. Dave Lapan did not immediately give other details about the situation.

The aircraft lost contact with air traffic control Tuesday evening, officials from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson at Anchorage, Alaska, said Wednesday.

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