The fighter went down at 11:54 p.m. Thursday near Marine Corps Air Station Miramar.

A fighter jet crashed north of San Diego late Thursday night, killing the pilot who was the only person on board, authorities said.

  • InverseParallax@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    Also, pilot load has increased dramatically, you had an rso on an f14 to help out, these guys are doing everything and f18s are workload intensive as hell, tons of features but lacking a lot of the automation of something like an f22 or f35.