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Friday, May 12, 2006

Safeguard Salvages F-16C Components Off Korean Coast
USS Safeguard together with Mobile Diving Salvage Unit (MDSU) 1 has recovered the majority of components of a U.S. Air Force 8th Fighter Wing F-16C fighter aircraft which crash into the Yellow Sea in March.

After three-and-a-half days and 12 surface-supplied dives, Safeguard managed to recover 85 percent of the sunken aircraft, including the cockpit area, wing segments and several pieces of data recording equipment.

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