Navy Jet Crashes in California but Pilot Ejects Safely

Navy Jet Crashes in California but Pilot Ejects Safely
A flight deck handler watches as an F/A 18E Super Hornet is launched from the USS Nimitz in the Prsian Gulf on April 11, 2003. Richard Vogel/AP Photo
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CHINA LAKE, Calif.—A Navy fighter jet crashed Tuesday in the Mojave Desert but its pilot safely ejected, the Navy said.

The F/A-18E Super Hornet from Naval Air Station Lemoore in California’s Central Valley went down during a routine training mission in Superior Valley south of Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake, the Lemoore base said in a Facebook post.