Two crew members on a training flight were killed Wednesday when a U.S F/A-18 aircraft crashed near Naval Air Station Lemoore in central California, a U.S. Navy official said.
The crash, southwest of Fresno, is under investigation. The names of the crew were being withheld pending notification of next of kin.
The F/A-18 Hornet, an all-weather aircraft, is used as an attack aircraft as well as a fighter, according to the Navy.
The U.S. Navy flew EA-18 Growlers, which are special versions of the F/A-18 fighter designed to jam enemy electronic signals, in the early phase of the no-fly-zone operation imposed upon the Libyan military of Col. Moammar Gadhafi, according to the Navy.
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