A U.S. Navy F/A-18A assigned to the Naval Aviation Warfighting Development Center at Naval Air Station Fallon crashed on Jan. 12. The pilot ejected safely.
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By U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate 1st Class Mahlon K. Miller. [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
According to the Navy, the jet went down at the Fallon Range Training Complex, about 25 miles east of Naval Air Station Fallon.
The plane was on a routine training mission when the incident happened. The aircraft impacted a mountain.