This is the second jet in as many years to go down on this training route, both in close proximity to busy recreation areas. Glad the pilot made it out safely this time, but alarming to see this happen again in an area where I regularly camp and hike.
@vcdgf555.bsky.socialWith regard to the fighter lost in a crash off Rimrock Lake in the Cascades, it is this Legacy Hornet airframe visiting from MCAS Miramar.
'SNAKE21' was 165412, tail WS-415 from VMFA-323 'Death Rattlers'.
