Marine Corps IDs Pilot Killed in California Training Crash
Maj. Richard Norton, a Marine Corps pilot, died on July 29 when his F/A-18C Hornet fighter crashed. (US Marine Corps photo)
Maj. Richard Norton, a Marine Corps pilot, died on July 29 when his F/A-18C Hornet fighter crashed. (US Marine Corps photo)
Associated Press | Jul 31, 2016
TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. -- The Marine Corps has named the pilot killed when his F/A-18C fighter jet crashed in the Southern California desert.
The Marines say 36-year-old Maj. Richard Norton of Arcadia, a Los Angeles suburb, was killed Friday.
Norton was assigned to Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 232, stationed at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in the San Diego area.
The Marines said Saturday that Norton's twin-engine Hornet crashed during a close air support mission. It was part of a pre-deployment training exercise at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Palms east of Los Angeles.
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