BRIEFLY F/A-22 FIGHTER JET FLIGHTS SUSPENDED.EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE Edwards Air Force Base, U.S. military installation, 301,000 acres (121,805 hectares), S Calif., NE of Lancaster; est. 1933. It is one of the largest air force bases in the United States and has the world's longest runway. - F/A-22 fighter flights were suspended after a jet's front landing gear retracted re·tract v. re·tract·ed, re·tract·ing, re·tracts v.tr. 1. To take back; disavow: refused to retract the statement. 2. while the pilot was shutting down the engine after a training flight, the Air Force said Wednesday. The incident occurred Tuesday after the jet had taxied into an assigned parking spot. The aircraft came to rest on its open main-weapon bay doors, minimizing damage, the Air Force said. No one was injured in·jure tr.v. in·jured, in·jur·ing, in·jures 1. To cause physical harm to; hurt. 2. To cause damage to; impair. 3. in the incident and the aircraft is expected to return to flight operations after a short repair period, officials said. An investigation team has been formed to determine the cause of the incident. - Daily News Pipe bomb scare bomb scare n → amenaza de bomba bomb scare bomb n → alerte f à la bombe bomb scare n → Bombenalarm closes city streets PALMDALE - City streets were blocked off Wednesday after deputies discovered what appeared to be a pipe bomb in a car on Avenue R near Sixth Street East, officials said. The discovery was made during a routine traffic stop just before 3:30 p.m., officials said. Deputies blocked off Avenue R from Sierra Highway Sierra Highway is a road in Southern California, United States. It runs from Tunnel Station near the north limit of the City of Los Angeles, where it intersects with San Fernando Road and Foothill Boulevard, as well as Interstate 5, and continues north to Mojave, mostly paralleling to Fifth Street East and Sixth Street East from Avenue Q-12 to Avenue R-8, awaiting explosives experts to determine whether the object was actually an explosive. - Daily News |
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