The U.S. Navy has identified the pilot who was killed in a fighter jet crash during a routine training mission in California last week.
Lt. Richard Bullock’s F/A-18E Super Hornet fighter jet went down at about 2:30 p.m. local time on June 3 in a “remote, unpopulated area” near Trona, an unincorporated Mojave Desert community in San Bernardino County, Naval Air Force Pacific said in a statement.
Bullock was assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 113 based at Naval Air Station (NAS) Lemoore, which is home to the Navy’s newest and largest master jet base.
“The Navy mourns this tragic loss alongside the family, friends and shipmates of Lt. Bullock,” officials said….