{"id":60682,"date":"2018-03-15T04:55:29","date_gmt":"2018-03-15T04:55:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=60682"},"modified":"2018-03-15T04:55:29","modified_gmt":"2018-03-15T04:55:29","slug":"navy-f-a-18-jet-crash-off-key-west-leaves-2-aviators-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/news\/navy-f-a-18-jet-crash-off-key-west-leaves-2-aviators-dead.html","title":{"rendered":"Navy F\/A-18 jet crash off Key West leaves 2 aviators dead"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Navy F\/A-18 jet crash off Key West leaves 2 aviators dead<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Two U.S. Navy aviators died Wednesday after the F\/A-18F Super Hornet jet they were flight training in crashed off the coast of Key West, Florida.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">The aviators &#8212; one pilot and one weapons systems officer &#8212; ejected from the twin-engine jet, which crashed around 4:30 p.m. on final approach to Boca Chica Field at Naval Air Station Key West, the Navy said in a statement. A source told Fox News that the jet was flying back on one engine when it lost the other at low altitude.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Both crew members, based out of Naval Air Station Oceana in Virginia Beach, Virginia, were taken to the Lower Keys Medical Center.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">A marina owner in the Florida Keys told WPLG that the Hornet jet caught fire mid-air, then crashed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">The Super Hornet is a twin-engine fighter jet that is larger than the single-seat F\/A-18 Hornet.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">The Department of Defense will not identify the aviators publicly until 24 hours after their families are notified. The crash remains under investigation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">President Trump during a roundtable at Boeing on Wednesday called the F\/A-18 a work of &#8220;art,&#8221; and said that he&#8217;s working with Congress to fund 24 new jets.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">The jet was from the VFA-213 Blacklions squadron. Last year, the same squadron deployed aboard USS George H.W. Bush to conduct ISIS strikes in Iraq and Syria.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Earlier this month, an F\/A-18 from the squadron performed a rare nighttime flyover in Annapolis, Maryland, ahead of a Capitals versus Maple Leafs outdoor NHL hockey game played at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">In November, the head of Naval Aviation told Congress that only half the Navy\u2019s 542 F-18 Super Hornet jets can fly right now and only 31 percent are fully mission capable and ready to \u201cfight tonight.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\">Source:-\u00a0http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/2018\/03\/14\/navy-fa-18-jet-crashes-off-key-west-official-tells-fox-news.html<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/news\/navy-f-a-18-jet-crash-off-key-west-leaves-2-aviators-dead.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Navy F\/A-18 jet crash off Key West leaves 2 aviators dead Two U.S. Navy aviators died Wednesday after the F\/A-18F Super Hornet jet they were flight training in crashed off the coast of Key West, Florida. 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