F/A-18 crash Miramar Aug 24, 2023

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MCAS Miramar is reporting a F-18 crash late Thursday night Aug 24, 2023.

Callsign has been rumored to have been Vulture 51 which makes it a VMFA-224 D model. The USMC confirmed the only pilot onboard, Maj Andrew "Simple Jack" Mettler, did not survive the crash. Blue skies and thank you for your service and sacrifice Maj. The F/A-18D was indeed from VMFA(AW)-224.


Some news here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lO3TNxm36oE

https://news.usni.org/2023/08/25/marine ... us-unknown

https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/ ... 728/?amp=1

https://www.foxnews.com/us/us-fa-18-hor ... iramar.amp

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The following F/A-18C/(D)'s came through NAS Fort Worth on their way home to Beaufort missing one legacy August 31, 2023.

VMFA(AW)-224: 164717/WK-09(D), 164968/WK-06, 165221/WK-02, 165230/WK-04, 165684/WK-11(D).
VMFA-312: 165203/DR-209.
VMFA-115: 165686/VE-23(D).

They left in two flights as Bengal 41/4: WK-09, WK-06, WK-11, DR-209 and Bengal 45/7: VE-23, WK-02, WK-04.

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