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The famous One Wing F-15 is an Israeli airplane that suffered a mid air, back around 1983 or 1984. I was working on the F-15 project at the time, and I can tell you we were pretty surprised, too.
I expect the pilot had his focus concentrated due to the prospect of a crash amongst Arabs that wanted to kill him.
The cause of the crash of the F-15 in Hawaii last week has not been determined or reported. The airplane shown in the USAF video is a Missouri National Guard airplane that crashed in November.
Since then, the fleet has been inspected and all returned to service except for 9 airplanes with defects similar to those of the lost airplane.
I can add a link to the USAF accident report if anyone is interested.
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