Richard Quinn
The Virginian-Pilot
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VIRGINIA BEACH
The Navy has identified the pilot killed in a Nevada crash as Lt. Jeremy S. Wise of Virginia Beach.
Wise, 28, died after a collision between his Beach-based F/A-18C Hornet and an F-5 Tiger aircraft during a training mission Friday about 50 miles east of Fallon Naval Air Station.
Wise had been in the Navy for four years and was a member of his strike fighter squadron for 10 months, according to a statement issued by the Navy late Saturday. The aircraft was assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron 15 at Oceana Naval Air Station. The squadron has been training in Nevada since early June and remains there, a Navy spokesman said.
The two pilots in the Tiger ejected and were picked up by a search-and-rescue helicopter. They were treated for bruises and other minor injuries, the Associated Press reported.
The cause of the collision is still under investigation.
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