[aggregation-styles] Fox News A pilot was heard delivering an expletive-laced rant about the San Francisco Bay Area earlier this month, reports said. The bizarre diatribe was picked up on the Mineta San Jose International Airport's air traffic control scanner, according to the blog One Mile at a Time. The unidentified...
Navy Identifies Lemoore Pilot Killed in Fighter Jet Crash
LOS ANGELES — The U.S. Navy has identified the pilot killed in the crash of a fighter jet in the California desert. A Navy statement Friday says the pilot was 33-year-old Lt. Charles Z. Walker. The Navy released a photo of Walker but provided no additional information, such as his...
Pilot Confirmed Dead in Lemoore Fighter Jet Crash in Death Valley
Authorities on Thursday confirmed the death of a pilot whose fighter jet from Naval Air Station Lemoore crashed in Death Valley National Park, injuring seven people who were at a scenic overlook where aviation enthusiasts routinely watch military aircraft speeding low through a chasm dubbed Star Wars Canyon. “The Navy has...
Crews Find Crashed Plane in Lake Tulloch
UPDATE: Crews recovered the body of a pilot and his plane Tuesday after the aircraft crashed into Lake Tulloch in Calaveras County, officials said. JAMESTOWN — Search teams on Monday afternoon located a small plane that crashed and sank in Lake Tulloch a day earlier, the Tuolumne Sheriff's Office said. In...
First Woman to Lead a US Army Infantry Division
LOS ALAMITOS — The California National Guard has announced the appointment of the first woman to lead a U.S. Army infantry division. Brig. Gen. Laura Yeager will assume command of the 40th Infantry Division on June 29 at Joint Forces Training Base in Los Alamitos, California. She succeeds Maj. Gen....
Plane Breaks Apart Over California Neighborhood, 5 Killed
YORBA LINDA — Five people died and two were injured after a small plane apparently broke apart Sunday over a Southern California suburb, raining debris on a neighborhood and setting a house on fire, authorities said. Four people in the house that burned in the city of Yorba Linda were...