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Originally Posted by crustychief View Post
I speculate he was doing some sort of low speed / High drag demo like a high AOA pass and lost the STBD turbine. The F-18 doesn't yaw terribly bad when you lose an engine in the normal flight envelope, but in a high thrust maneuver.. just speculating.
It appears as if you nailed it with the "low speed pass" speculation. I found a link:

KXLH | Helena, Montana - News, Weather, Sports | Fighter jet crashes in Lethbridge, pilot ejects safely
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