http://www.navytimes.com/news/2011/04/n ... h-040611w/SAN DIEGO — A two-seat F/A-18F Super Hornet fighter jet crashed Wednesday in a field just outside Naval Air Station Lemoore, killing two aboard, Navy officials said.
The Super Hornet crashed about a half-mile from the air station at 12:08 p.m., according to Cmdr. Pauline Storum, a Naval Air Forces spokeswoman in Coronado, Calif.
“No other injuries or details were reported,” Storum said.
The Super Hornet aircrew, assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron 122, was conducting “routine flight training” at the time of the crash, officials said. Local and military emergency crews responded to the scene of the crash in Lemoore, located in California’s Central Valley.
Navy officials have started an investigation into what happened.
“Our thoughts and prayers are with the families, friends, and shipmates of the aircrew,” Capt. James Knapp, the air station commander, said in a statement.
NAS Lemoore is the Navy’s West Coast hub for its F/A-18 Hornet squadrons and is home to a fleet replacement training squadron.
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