US Fighter Jet Crashes During Training Mission, Pilot Survives

Muhammad Irfan Published August 21, 2025 | 04:45 PM

US fighter jet crashes during training mission, pilot survives

(UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News / WAM - 21st Aug, 2025) WASHINGTON, 21st August 2025 (WAM) – A US Navy F/A-18E Super Hornet crashed into ocean waters off the coast of Virginia on Wednesday morning, officials said.

CBS news quoted Navy spokesperson Lt. Jackie Parashar as saying that a little before 10 a.m.

ET, a pilot assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron 83 ejected from a Super Hornet during a routine training flight.

Search teams were deployed, and the pilot was rescued at about 11:21 a.m., Parashar said.

The crashed jet has not yet been recovered from the water, Parashar said. The cause of the crash is under investigation.

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