U.S. F-16 pilot missing after mid-air collision

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A U.S. Air Force F-16 flies over the Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, Oct. 8, 2009. REUTERS/USAF/Staff Sgt. Christopher Boitz/Handout

A U.S. Air Force F-16 flies over the Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, Oct. 8, 2009.

Credit: Reuters/USAF/Staff Sgt. Christopher Boitz/Handout

MIAMI | Fri Oct 16, 2009 9:30am EDT

MIAMI (Reuters) - The U.S. Coast Guard, Navy and Air Force were searching on Friday for the missing pilot of an F-16 fighter after his aircraft collided with another F-16 off the South Carolina coast during a night training exercise.

The other F-16 landed safely, an Air Force spokeswoman said.

"Last night, at approximately 8.30 p.m., 2 F-16s collided in mid-air over the Atlantic ... Unfortunately, we don't have any news of one of the pilots," she told Reuters. The collision occurred about 40 miles off Folly Beach, near Charleston.

The Air Force and the Coast Guard named the missing pilot as Air Force Capt. Nicholas Giglio from the 20th Fighter Wing of Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina.

(Reporting by Pascal Fletcher)
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