Friday, September 12, 2014

Subject: Two Navy fighter jets crash in western Pacific; 1 pilot missing

An F/A-18C Hornet assigned to the moves across the flight deck of the aircraft carrier George H.W. Bush.
An F/A-18C Hornet...moves across the flight deck of the aircraft carrier George H.W. Bush. 
(photo: Lorelei Vander Griend / U.S.)

Two Navy F/A-18 fighter jets crashed after taking off from the aircraft carrier Carl Vinson while operating at sea in the western Pacific Ocean.
One of the pilots was quickly located and brought aboard the carrier for medical attention. Search efforts continue for the second pilot. No names were released.






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