SAR assets from USS Carl Vinson rescue USMC pilot who ejected after mid-air collision Posted on November 10, 2016 by alert5 Two F/A-18s from MCAS Miramar were involved in a mid-air collision off the coast of California on Nov. 9. One of the pilots had to eject from his stricken aircraft and was promptly rescued by SAR assets from USS Carl Vinson. Related posts (Automatically Generated): USS Carl Vinson is 1st CVN to have UAV command center Carl Vinson exercise to determine if having more Growlers are effective F/A-18E crashed while approaching to land on USS Carl Vinson Two Finnish Hawks collide in midair USS Carl Vinson conducts live-fire exercise POTUS will attend basketball game on board USS Carl Vinson