The Swiss Defence Department says an air force fighter jet has gone missing in the Alps of central Switzerland. The air force F/A-18C went missing on Monday afternoon near the Susten pass, east of Interlaken. The defence department says in a statement that searches are underway, and nothing was immediately known about the fate of the pilot. No further information was immediately provided. According to parent company Boeing, the first F/A-18 Hornet built by McDonnell Douglas took flight in 1978 and became the first tactical aircraft designed to conduct both air-to-air and air-to-ground missions.
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