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The 2003 Bawean incident was an incident where two Indonesian Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon equipped with AIM-9 missiles were sent to intercept five US Navy F/A-18 Hornet fighter jets from the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson where the F-16s and F/A-18s engaged in a dogfight, missile lock and electronic warfare in 2003 near Bawean Island in the Java Sea, north of Java.