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Hornet Pilot Unhurt Following Crash
Story Number: NNS040326-16
Release Date: 3/26/2004 10:40:00 PM
From Commander, U.S. Naval Air Force, Atlantic Fleet
NORFOLK, Va. (NNS) -- The pilot of a Navy F/A-18 Hornet aircraft, which crashed the afternoon of March 26 at Raleigh-Durham International Airport in North Carolina, is uninjured. He has been identified as Lt. j.g. Wesley Baumgartner of Yorktown, Va.
Baumgartner was the pilot of the aircraft, assigned to the “Valions” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 15 based at Oceana Naval Air Station in Virginia. He was part of a two-aircraft flight on a routine cross-country training mission when they made a stop at Raleigh-Durham to refuel. Raleigh-Durham International Airport is a joint-use facility that also serves as a base for local Air National Guard units. The other aircraft landed safely.
Baumgartner was taken to Wake Medical Center for examination.
The accident is under investigation.
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