---
title: "Navy F/A-18E Super Hornet crashes in California. Pilot’s status unknown"
description: "A Navy F/A-18E Super Hornet crashed around 10 a.m. Pacific Time in California."
date: "2019-07-31"
modified: "2019-07-31"
authors:
  - name: "Jeff Schogol"
    job_title: "Senior Pentagon Reporter"
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url: "https://taskandpurpose.com/news/navy-super-hornet-crashes/"
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tags:
  - "Northern Command"
---

# Navy F/A-18E Super Hornet crashes in California. Pilot’s status unknown

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A Navy F/A-18E Super Hornet from Strike Fighter Squadron 151 crashed around 10 am Pacific Time near Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake, California, Navy officials have announced.

Search and rescue teams from China Lake and Naval Air Station Lemoore, California, are looking for the pilot, whose status is currently unknown, said Lt. Cmdr. Lydia Bock, a spokeswoman for Strike Fighter Wing, Pacific.

The single-seater plane was based at Lemoore, Bock said.

**UPDATE: This story was updated on July 31 with information from Lt. Cmdr. Lydia Bock.**

## Author
Jeff Schogol is the former senior Pentagon reporter for Task & Purpose. He reported on both the Department of Defense as a whole and individual services, covering a variety of topics that include personnel, policy, military justice, deployments, and technology.

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