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  • Hornet Pilot Unhurt Following Crash

    03/27/2004 12:59:17 PM PST · by BykrBayb · 14 replies · 470+ views
    Navy NewsStand ^ | 3/26/2004 10:40:00 PM | Commander, U.S. Naval Air Force, Atlantic Fleet
    Story Number: NNS040326-16 Release Date: 3/26/2004 10:40:00 PM From Commander, U.S. Naval Air Force, Atlantic Fleet NORFOLK, Va. (NNS) -- The pilot of a Navy F/A-18 Hornet aircraft, which crashed the afternoon of March 26 at Raleigh-Durham International Airport in North Carolina, is uninjured. He has been identified as Lt. j.g. Wesley Baumgartner of Yorktown, Va. Baumgartner was the pilot of the aircraft, assigned to the “Valions” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 15 based at Oceana Naval Air Station in Virginia. He was part of a two-aircraft flight on a routine cross-country training mission when they made a stop at...