A U.S. Navy F-18 fighter jet crashed overnight in Washington state during a training flight, according to footage circulating in Israeli media. The pilot's condition has not been reported. The incident is under investigation.
A U.S. Navy F-18 fighter jet crashed overnight in Washington state during a training flight, with video footage of the wreckage circulating on Israeli Telegram channels. The footage does not specify the exact location or the pilot's condition. No official U.S. military statement has been issued yet. As of 02:45 Jerusalem, The Zioneer initially reported that a U.S. Marine Corps F/A-18D Hornet crashed near Rimrock Lake and that the pilot ejected safely (that version's what's-new field noted no new details). A subsequent update at the same timestamp (02:45 Jerusalem) identified the aircraft as a U.S. military jet and added that the pilot was hospitalized and that the crash ignited a forest fire nearby. The current draft now reports the aircraft as an F-18, citing footage but without confirmation from U.S. authorities on the model, pilot status, or fire details. The thread shows an initial Marine Corps F/A-18D identification that was later broadened to a general military jet — the two versions share the same published time, so the timeline of that shift is ambiguous.
As The Zioneer reported on June 13, an unverified report described the loss of a U.S. A-10C over Iran during a rescue operation for a downed F-15E crew. On June 11, the IRGC claimed it fired a surface-to-air missile at a U.S. F-16 over the Persian Gulf — that claim also remains unverified. Those background items are distinct from the Washington state crash, which is a training accident.
It remains open whether the aircraft is an F/A-18D Hornet as initially reported by the Marine Corps or an F-18 as now cited; whether the pilot is hospitalized as per the second version or his condition is unreported as per the first; and whether a forest fire was indeed ignited. The U.S. military has not confirmed any of these details.
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