Marine Corps Pilot Dies After Combat Jet Crashes Near Military Air Station in San Diego

Marine Corps Pilot Dies After Combat Jet Crashes Near Military Air Station in San Diego
The Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in San Diego on May 14, 2020. Lance Cpl. Julian Elliott-Drouin/U.S. Marine Corps via AP
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SAN DIEGO—A Marine Corps pilot was confirmed dead Friday after the crash of a combat jet near a San Diego base, the service said in a statement.

The F/A-18D Hornet went down at 11:54 p.m. Thursday near Marine Corps Air Station Miramar and searchers recovered the pilot at the site, the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing said in a statement from its headquarters in Cherry Point, North Carolina.