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| US Navy 040225-N-9907G-001 An F-A-18C Hornet assigned to the Strike Fighter Squadron One Five (VFA-15) makes its final approach before landing. From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository |
FALLON, Nev. — A Navy pilot has safely ejected from a fighter jet that crashed in the northern Nevada desert during a training mission near the Fallon Naval Air Station. Air station spokesman Joseph Vincent confirmed the F/A-18C Hornet crashed about 10:45 a.m. Tuesday about 10 miles southeast of the naval base in Fallon, about 60 miles east of Reno. Vincent says the pilot was returning to the base from a routine training mission when he was forced to eject from the aircraft.
Ground crews picked him up. Vincent has no details on the pilot's condition. He says he was taken to a clinic on the base, then transferred to Banner Churchill Regional Medical Center in Fallon.
The plane is attached to the Naval Aviation War-fighting Development Center based at Fallon NAS.
The accident remains under investigation.
