Hornet Crash

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Translation of below:

Near NAS Lemoore a two-seat F/A-18 Hornet crash yesterday (2011/04/06), sadly killing both pilots.

Source: Telegraaf:

Doden door crash gevechtsvliegtuig VS LOS ANGELES - Twee piloten van een Amerikaans gevechtsvliegtuig zijn om het leven gekomen toen hun toestel door nog onbekende oorzaak crashte. Dat gebeurde woensdag in de omgeving van de luchtmachtbasis Lemoore in de staat Californië, zo meldden media in de Verenigde Staten.

Het gecrashte toestel is een FA-18 Hornet. Lemoore biedt onderdak aan 170 van deze supersonische toestellen.

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Found the following in the Navy Times

SAN DIEGO — A two-seat F/A-18F Super Hornet fighter jet crashed Wednesday in a field just outside Naval Air Station Lemoore, killing two aboard, Navy officials said.

The Super Hornet crashed about a half-mile from the air station at 12:08 p.m., according to Cmdr. Pauline Storum, a Naval Air Forces spokeswoman in Coronado, Calif.

“No other injuries or details were reported,” Storum said.

Local and military emergency crews responded to the scene of the crash in Lemoore, located in California’s Central Valley.

The Super Hornet aircrew, assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron 122, was conducting “routine flight training” at the time of the crash, officials said.

As of Wednesday night, the Navy had not released the victims’ names.

Navy officials have started an investigation into what happened.

“Our thoughts and prayers are with the families, friends, and shipmates of the aircrew,” Capt. James Knapp, the air station’s commanding officer, said in a statement.

NAS Lemoore is the Navy’s West Coast hub for its F/A-18 Hornet squadrons and is home to a fleet replacement training squadron.

[Reinold]

Found this link as well:

http://abclocal.go.com/kfsn/story?secti ... id=8056653

Greetz Reinold

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[Flyingdutchman]

And an official statement by the US Navy

From Naval Air Station Lemoore Public Affairs

LEMOORE, Calif. (NNS) -- Two aircrew were killed when their F/A-18F Super Hornet aircraft crashed in a field near Naval Air Station Lemoore April, 6 at approximately 12:08 p.m.

They were assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron One Two Two (VFA 122) based at NAS Lemoore, Calif.

"Our thoughts and prayers are with the families, friends, and shipmates of the aircrew," said Capt. James Knapp, Commanding Officer, NAS Lemoore. "An investigation is being conducted to determine the cause of the mishap."

The aircrew was conducting routine flight training at the time of the mishap. The incident occurred approximately one-half mile west of the installation's property line on private farm land located in Fresno County.

The cause of the mishap is under investigation.

Identities of the deceased will not be released until after notification of their next of kin.

For more news, visit http://www.navy.mil.

To be found here


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[The DJ]

165877/NJ-122

AIRCRAFT CRASHED DURING DEMONSTRATION PRACTICE AT NAS LEMOORE

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This may be of interest to those in Europe,

165877 was at Farnborough show in 2002 as NH-101 of VFA-41.