JERUSALEM, Jan. 20 (JTA) — Residents of a kibbutz in the Negev complained to Israeli air force officials after an F-15 plane crashed during a weekend training exercise. The air force is investigating the crash, in which the pilot and navigator safely ejected. No one on the ground was injured in the crash near Kibbutz Revivim, but residents said a number of ostriches raised by the kibbutz died of shock.
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