Broken control stick grounds Japanese F-2s

Japan has grounded its fleet of 75 Mitsubishi F-2s after the control stick of one of them broke off in air-to-air training on Jan. 21. The F-2 is an enlarged version of the Lockheed Martin F-16. The incident happened over the sea east of Misawa, where the fighter was based. When the pilot pulled on...

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