F-18 crashes into San Diego Bay

[PlanB]

Both pilots ejected and are okay:

Military fighter jet crashes into San Diego Bay, pilots eject safely

Both pilots were taken to a nearby hospital.

nypost.com

 

[2Driver]

Article says electric jet.

 

[PlanB]

Article says electric jet.

"electronic warfare".

 

[CLCookie]

It was an EA-18G, technically an F-18, but used for Electronic surveillance among still being able to attack.

 

[RiverDave]

What is going on with all these military crashes?

 

[2Driver]

"electronic warfare".

Yeah I know. they printed it as an electric jet.

 

[DarkHorseRacing]

Yeah I know. they printed it as an electric jet.

Electric Jet was the nickname originally for the F-16 due to its ground breaking (at the time) FBW and FADEC systems.

 

[Mandelon]

Were Vince Neil or Vince Vaughn involved?

 

[2Driver]

Electric Jet was the nickname originally for the F-16 due to its ground breaking (at the time) FBW and FADEC systems.

Gotcha

 

[mjc]

We have new pilots training out here in Havasu to replace those that keep wrecking expensive taxpayer planes.

 

[FROGMAN524]

We have new pilots training out here in Havasu to replace those that keep wrecking expensive taxpayer planes.

Like this guy?

 

[Willie B]

… When I was really young, probably 1965 …did some work for the Marine Corps oddly enough…at the Naval Air Station that apparently the crashed plane was operating out of… pretty sure we were doing repair work on some radar screens that guided the B-52 bombers… on bombing missions into North Vietnam… The shit was so secret probably wasn’t supposed to know the purpose of the radar screens… But sneaky me read some engineering documents…

 

[Sleek-Jet]

What is going on with all these military crashes?

The military accident rate is pretty eye opening compared to civilian activities, kind of the nature of the beast.

 

[socal0487]

What is going on with all these military crashes?

Sounds like pilot error on this one. If you zoom in on picture, both ejected already. Plane took a hot lap pilotless and lucky it went down in the water and not on land.

 

[socal0487]

It was an EA-18G, technically an F-18, but used for Electronic surveillance among still being able to attack.

VAQ-135 “Black Ravens” out of Whidbey Island

 

[Hardly Satisfied]

That’s crazy glad it landed in the water and no one was hurt

 

[River Dirt 2]

https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/military-surveillance-mexican/2025/02/13/id/1198978/

 

[River Dirt 2]

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[beerrun]

I was just leaving west marine when that happened couldn't understand why so many police cars going into shelter Island fire trucks it was crazy

 

[spectras only]

Sounds like pilot error on this one. If you zoom in on picture, both ejected already. Plane took a hot lap pilotless and lucky it went down in the water and not on land.

I'm looking at death ratio, fighter pilots vs possibilty the dozen or so for civilian casuality. I wouldn't want to live near airports for this reason. I love planes and used to go to watch them landing at the strip at the Vancouver International airport.