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A fighter jet crashed north of San Dieg o late Thursday night, killing the pilot who was the only person on board, authorities said.. The F/A-18D Hornet came down near Marine Corps Air Station ...
A US military fighter jet crashed into the San Diego Harbor – but both pilots reportedly ejected to safety. The jet – an EA-18G Growler electric jet – smashed into the water around 10:15 a.m ...
On December 8, 2008 Lt Neubauer was piloting an F/A-18D-30-MC Hornet (Lot 12), BuNo 164017, [4] [5] [6] [3] from VMFAT-101, based at MCAS Miramar.Along with several other VMFAT-101 aircraft, he was conducting day and night carrier qualifications (catapult launches and tailhook arrested carrier landings) aboard the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln offshore 60 miles southwest of San Diego. [7]
Then departed Maxwell AFB to neighboring Montgomery airport for transition work in the pattern. Crash resulted in total loss of aircraft and two of the three pilots. 12 February NAF El Centro, California. Blue Angel F-18 crashes five miles (8.0 km) south of Brawley California. Pilot safely ejected. 27 February
March 27 – An F-117 Nighthawk (Serial Number 82-0806) stealth ground-attack jet was shot down by a Yugoslav SA-3 surface-to-air missile during the Kosovo War. The pilot, Lieutenant Colonel Dale Zelko, survived and was subsequently rescued. May 2 – An F-16C Fighting Falcon (Serial Number 88-0550) was shot down by a Yugoslav SA-3 SAM.
A United States Marine Corps F/A-18 fighter-attack jet crashes, killing a student pilot and injuring a flight instructor. The aircraft had taken off from the Marine Corps Air Station in Yuma but was from Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 101, stationed in San Diego. Capt. Douglas F. Aguilera, 33, of Paso Robles, Calif., was killed. Maj.
The F/A-18D that crashed in March 2022 near Beaufort was caused by bird strikes into the plane’s engines according to crash investigation details released to Beaufort Gazette and Island Packet ...
He said, "the pilots ejected at the last possible second in an apparent effort to make sure that the plane would not crash into a nearby school". [1] The F/A-18 plowed into the Mayfair Mews apartment complex that houses about 100 residents, located less than 3 mi (4.8 km) from the departure end of the runway. Total flight time was 70 seconds. [2]