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US F/A-18F Super Hornet Crashes in Philippine Sea, 2 Aviators Eject Safely - Navy

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US F/A-18F Super Hornet Crashes in Philippine Sea, 2 Aviators Eject Safely - Navy

16:51 GMT 18.06.2020 (Updated: 09:40 GMT 20.06.2023)

© AFP 2023 / MARIO TAMAFlight deck personnel work beneath an F/A-18F Super Hornet fighter aircraft, aboard the USS Nimitz (CVN 68) aircraft carrier while at sea, on January 18, 2020 off the coast of Baja California, Mexico. The USS Nimitz is currently conducting routine operations and training at sea. The nuclear-powered aircraft carrier holds a flight deck area of 4.5 acres and can hold 65 aircraft along with nearly 5,000 total personnel. It is the oldest U.S. Navy carrier in active service and was commissioned on May 3, 1975.

Flight deck personnel work beneath an F/A-18F Super Hornet fighter aircraft, aboard the USS Nimitz (CVN 68) aircraft carrier while at sea, on January 18, 2020 off the coast of Baja California, Mexico. The USS Nimitz is currently conducting routine operations and training at sea. The nuclear-powered aircraft carrier holds a flight deck area of 4.5 acres and can hold 65 aircraft along with nearly 5,000 total personnel. It is the oldest U.S. Navy carrier in active service and was commissioned on May 3, 1975. - Sputnik International

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - Two US pilots have safely ejected from their F/A-18F fighter jet as it was about to crash in the Philippine Sea during routine training and the aviators were quickly recovered, the 7th Fleet said in a statement on Wednesday.

"Two aviators safely ejected and were quickly recovered by a helicopter assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 8 aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt while conducting routine flight operations in the Philippine Sea", the statement said.

The 7th fleet made no mention as to what caused the two aviators to eject from their F/A-1jet during which was conducting "routine pilot proficiency training."