Sad Day Here
 

KING CITY, Calif. (AP) – A Navy pilot was killed and another was seriously injured Monday when two fighter jets collided over a Central Coast military base, Cmdr. Jack Hanzlik said.

The F/A-18 Hornet jets from Lemoore Naval Air Station were flying a training mission when they crashed at Fort Hunter Liggett, a remote Army Reserve base 150 miles south of San Francisco, said Navy spokesman Dennis McGrath.

The names of the two pilots were not immediately released. They were members of Strike Fighter Squadron 125, also known as "Rough Riders."

Details of the crash were not immediately known, but a Fort Hunter Liggett spokesman said two parachutes were seen, indicating the pilots ejected.

The crash sparked several small fires

Unfortunate.

Not every military death happens in foreign lands, but each one diminishes all of us.

Sorry to hear about it. As Bob says, not every death is overseas. They train for war and at times things do not work out.

Glad that one of the pilots was able to punch out and survive and will say a prayer for the other and their family.