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ALMERIA, SPAIN CAP>-TWO AIR FORCE JET PLANES WITH 11 CREWMEN ABOARD CRASHED ALONG THE MEDITERRANEAN COAST TODAY AFTER A COL­
LISION IN THE AIR WHILE REFUELING. 
U.S. AIR FORCE OFFICIALS SAID FIVE MEN HAD BEEN RESCUED. 
THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE 16TH U.S. AIR FORCE .NEAR MADRID SAID THE PLANES ~ERE A 352 BOMBER FROM A BASE IN THE UNITED STATES AND A KC135 JET TANKER BASED AT MORON, AIRPORT, NEAR SEVILLA, SPAIN. 
ONE Of THE TWO. PLANES CRASHED ON LAND, THE OTHER INTO THE M£DITERRANEAN . . ~ 
THE AIR FORCE SA·ID THE 852 CAME FROM THE 68TH BOMBARDMEN WING AT SEYMOUR-JOHNSON AIR BASE, IN NORTH CAROLINA. THE TANKER WAS FROM TH~ 910TH AIR REFUELING UNIT AT BERGSTROM, TEX., BUT WAS TEMPORARILY STATIONED IN SPAIN. 
THE 16TH AIR FORCE HEADQUARTERS WOULD NOT SAY WHETHER THE 852 WAS CARRYING NUCLEAR 80M3S ON THE FLIGHT. LT9ASS 1/17 
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