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Pilot ejects safely as Navy fighter jet crashes in California

By Haley Victory Smith
Published October 20, 2020 8:49pm ET
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Pilot ejects safely as Navy fighter jet crashes in California
A Navy fighter jet crashed in Kern County, California, on Tuesday near Ridgecrest. The pilot was able to eject from the plane safely. The Naval Air Station Lemoore confirmed in a statement on Facebook that the aircraft was an F/A-18E Super Hornet from its base. It added that the plane “experienced a mishap during a […]

A Navy fighter jet crashed in Kern County, California, on Tuesday near Ridgecrest.

The pilot was able to eject from the plane safely.

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