The head of Marine Corps aviation on Friday said he is not satisfied with the number of training hours pilots are receiving.

Lt. Gen. Jon Davis, the deputy commandant for aviation, made the comments during an event hosted by the American Enterprise Institute Friday morning as news broke that a Marine pilot was killed Thursday night when his F/A-18 Hornet crashed in California.

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