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July 19th 05, 09:57 AM
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CHINA LAKE, Calif. -- Two fighter jets based at Lemoore Naval Air
Station crashed in mid-air during training on Monday, base officials
said.
Base spokesman Dennis McGrath confirmed the crash, which happened
about 40 miles northeast of Ridgecrest. He could not immediately say
whether there were any injuries and said he would not release the
names of the pilots of the two Super Hornets -- a single-seat F/A-18E
and an double-seat F/A-18F -- until an investigation is completed.
The investigation "will be rather extensive, but it takes a while,"
McGrath said, calling training accidents "rare, exceedingly rare."
The jets were not carrying live ordnance, he said.
A rescue team from the China Lake Naval Air Weapons Station, located
near the crash site in the Mojave Desert, is trying to find the
pilots, McGrath said.
The China Lake Naval Weapons Center is about 100 miles east of Bakersfield.
(Bryan Herbert via Milcom Digest)
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