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    U.S. Navy Fighter Jet Crashes Off Key West; 2 Killed

    A U.S. Navy fighter jet crashed near the Naval Air Station Key West, Florida, on March 14th.

    The F/A-18F Super Hornet plane was performing a training flight when it went down.

    There were two aviators aboard, including the pilot Lt. Cmdr. James Brice Johnson and the weapons systems operator Lt. Caleb Nathaniel King; both were killed in the crash.

    The incident is being investigated.