F-18 crashes in California

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Daniel Ravenswaay
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F-18 crashes in California

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An F-18 crashed in Kern County California today, pilot ejected and is reported to be safe.
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Links? Websites? anything?
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Tsss... tried Aviation Safety Network?

https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/244255
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D'oh - Thanks Frank
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Pilot was VFA-14 so jet likely also from that unit.
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168926
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Starfighter_F-104G wrote: ↑04 Nov 2020, 21:28 168926
168926 was Modex NG-201 of VFA-14 when seen on the John C Stennis in Laem Chabang, Thailand on 12 February last year-and no doubt when the carrier visited Maresille a couple of months later.
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