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F-16 crashes on takeoff with ammunition on board
The fighter jet went down while embarking on a training mission from an airbase in Houston
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Stefan Becket is a managing editor of politics for CBSNews.com. He has covered national politics and the federal government for more than a decade. He got his start in journalism at New York Magazine before joining the news start-up Mic to build the site's politics and policy section.
Stefan joined CBS News in 2017 in New York and moved to Washington two years later to help oversee a team that covers the White House, Congress, political campaigns, the Supreme Court and federal law enforcement.
The fighter jet went down while embarking on a training mission from an airbase in Houston
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