Philippine military officials say rescuers have found the wreckage of a missing fighter jet and the bodies of its two pilots in a mountainous region of a southern province where they were deployed to fight communist rebels.

The wreckage of an FA-50 fighter jet and the bodies of two pilots were discovered in the Philippines following a recent crash.

A search is underway for a Philippine fighter jet with two pilots who lost contact during a night combat assault in support of ground forces battling communist insurgents.

The jet had gone missing while on a mission to provide air support for troops in northern Mindanao. Read more at straitstimes.com.

An unnamed Philippine military official told the Associated Press that the jet went missing during an anti-insurgency operation against communist guerrillas in a southern province.

A Philippine Air Force FA-50 jet and its two-person crew are missing after flying in support of ground forces fighting communist rebels in the southern Mindanao region, a military official said yesterday.

The FA-50 jet lost communication during a nighttime mission to fight communist guerrillas in the Philippine's Bukidnon province.

A missing fighter jet was found with its two pilots dead on a mountain range in the Philippines. The light combat aircraft of the Philippine Air Force (PAF) was carrying out a 'tactical night operation' when it reportedly lost contact in Bukidnon province,

The fallen pilots of the ill-fated Philippine Air Force (PAF) FA-50 PH fighter jet were honored by the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on Wednesday. This was after the wreckage and the pilots’ bodies were found in Bukidnon province in Mindanao.