F/A-18 Hornet Down at NAS Lemoore. Two Fatalities Reported.

2 dead as F/A-18 goes down near Lemoore

By Gidget Fuentes - Staff writer
Posted : Wednesday Apr 6, 2011 16:47:05 EDT

SAN DIEGO — A two-seat F/A-18 Hornet fighter jet crashed Wednesday in a field just outside Naval Air Station Lemoore, killing two aboard, Navy officials said.
The Hornet crashed about a half-mile from the air station at 12:08 p.m., and two fatalities were reported, said Cmdr. Pauline Storum, a Naval Air Forces spokeswoman in Coronado, Calif.
“No other injuries or details were reported,” Storum said.
Navy officials were still gathering information as local and military emergency crews went to the scene in Lemoore, located in California’s Central Valley.
The air station is the Navy’s West Coast hub for its F/A-18 Hornet squadrons and is home to a fleet replacement training squadron.

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