US Navy F-18 Fighter Jet Crashes in Atlantic Ocean

according to the⁤ English‍ section⁢ of webangah News Agency, citing Mehr News Agency, CBS reported that a U.S. ⁣navy F-18 fighter jet crashed on Wednesday in the Atlantic Ocean near the coast of Virginia.

an American official told CBS that this incident is​ the latest in a ‍series ⁢of similar accidents faced by the Navy⁤ in recent‌ months.

CBS⁢ also confirmed that this Wednesday’s crash marks the sixth F-18 aircraft lost by the Navy over the​ past ten months.

Earlier, on July 31, the‍ U.S. Navy announced that ⁣an F-35 jet had crashed near Naval Air Station Lemoore in central California.