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US Navy fighter jet crashes in California, pilot killed

An FA-18E Super Hornet. (Photo: AP)

In a statement, the US Navy confirmed that the FA-18E Super Hornet aircraft crashed in the vicinity of Trona on the afternoon of June 3 (local time, or nearly noon 4/6 Vietnam time).

Trona is located about 230 miles (370 km) southeast of the US Navy base with fighter jets at Naval Air Station Lemoore, California.

No civilians were injured in the incident fighter plane crash this.

The pilot’s identity will not be released until 24 hours after their families are notified, the Navy added.

US Navy Security and other law enforcement are at the crash site, an unincorporated community in the Mojave Desert in San Bernardino County.

Lemoore is home to Commander Strike Fighter Wing Pacific and Commander Joint Strike Fighter Wing and has 16 active squadrons of Strike Fighters, according to the US Navy’s website.

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