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Air Force pilot missing after contact lost over Adriatic sea

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    Jennifer Griffin reports from the Pentagon

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Bob boxer that -- the news tonight and search teams are right now trying to find a missing American fighter pilot.

The US air force now confirms.

Hobby I don't -- -- in Italy lost contact with one of its F sixteen training jets somewhere over the Adriatic Sea.

The pilot then all of a training mission and right now we don't know whether he or she is alive or dead.

Jennifer Griffin with the breaking news -- -- what else can you tell us about this missing jet.

Let's Shepperd US air force officials tell Fox News that they lost contact with the pilot of this F sixteen fighter jet.

At about 8 PM local time in Italy that is when the SOS call went out at that point they lost contact and that.

With the pilot who was flying on a one seater plane the plane was flying in formation with four other fighter jets from -- on the air base.

And went down off the coast of Italy near the town of -- and a the F sixteen fighter jet that went down has crashed.

Thirteen times a year between 1982.

And 2000 according to force statistics in fact in July 2005.

F sixteens crashed in one month alone.

Coast Guard rescue teams are searching a ten mile radius tonight.

Will update you on the status of that pilot as soon as we know Mark Shepherd and Jennifer simply.

And we're -- demanding Coast Guard has intercepted a ship loaded with weapons -- we know what that.

In fact the US navy helped the Yemeni Coast -- intercept a Dow that was packed with weapons and yemen's territorial waters.

In recent days amber board.

-- a surface to air missiles were surface to air missiles known as man pads they can be used to shoot down civilian and military aircraft.

He for military grade explosives -- 122 millimeter shells.

RPG's and bomb making equipment including.

Electronic circuits triggers for roadside bombs and vehicle -- IE DC USS -- get help provide logistical support for the operation.

The vessel -- multiple flags and had -- Eight yet many crew members on board but it is not cool clear tonight what the point of origin of that weapons ship -- -- Jennifer thing.

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