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technology and smart weapons to precisely attack surface targets.
• Because the system has a magnetic tracker determining where the pilot's head is pointed and a miniature display system that projects information on a pilot's visor, a pilot has constant information about location, targets and potential threats from all directions no matter where the pilot is looking.
• Such situational awareness technology is a major thrust of the upgrades the Air Force plans for the F-16, Walz said. A center pedestal computer screen also is in the pipeline. It will

display flight information a pilot can customize.
• "The young pilots live for this technology," Walz said with a grin. "It's just us old guys who struggle with it."
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• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- A house fire in Sioux Falls resulted in minor injuries to a resident and a firefighter.
• Officials say the blaze about 2:30 a.m. Friday might have been caused by an electrical problem in a ceiling fan.
• Residents of the home made it outside but one was later treated for possible smoke inhalation. A firefighter suffered an undisclosed minor injury but was treated at the scene and rejoined his crew.
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