The military pilot of a U.S. Marine Corps fighter jet that crashed in the rugged mountains of northeast Nevada is missing and rescue crews say the aircraft is a total loss.
The F/A-18C Hornet was being loaned to the Naval Strike and Air Warfare Center and based out of the Naval Air Station in Fallon, Nev. It crashed during a training exercise about 70 miles east of the base on the Fallon Range Training Complex at about 3 p.m. on Saturday, but U.S. Navy officials did not publicly announce the crash until 9 p.m.