Title: Pilot killed after US Navy Blue Angels jet crashes in Tennessee | Fox News
Headings: Pilot killed after US Navy Blue Angels jet crashes in Tennessee
Pilot killed after US Navy Blue Angels jet crashes in Tennessee
One pilot killed after two elite fighter jets crash

Content: Pilot killed after US Navy Blue Angels jet crashes in Tennessee | Fox News
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Published June 2, 2016
Last Update June 3, 2016
Pilot killed after US Navy Blue Angels jet crashes in Tennessee
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One pilot killed after two elite fighter jets crash
Crashes occurred at Tennessee air show and the Air Force Academy graduation in Colorado
The pilot of a US Navy Blue Angel F/A-18 Hornet fighter jet was killed Thursday when the aircraft crashed in central Tennessee, a Navy official confirmed to Fox News. The crash involving the jet happened after 3 p.m. southeast of Nashville in the town of Smyrna, a Rutherford County dispatcher told Fox 17. La Vergne, Tenn. Fire Chief Rick McCormick told Fox News that the jet crashed off airport property just after takeoff. He added that the jet did not crash into buildings off the runway. Commander Jeannie Groeneveld, a spokeswoman for Naval Air Forces, told Fox News the crash happened during a practice flight for the Great Tennessee Airshow in Smyrna. The Blue Angels were supposed to perform June 4 and 5 at the airport, but canceled after the deadly crash. June 2, 2016: A US Navy Blue Angels jet crashed near Smyrna, Tenn. (Candice Wiley)
Harry Gill, the town manager in Smyrna just outside Nashville, said Thursday that the pilot was the only casualty. Some power outages were caused by the crash, but no civilians were hurt. A U.S. official told the Associated Press the pilot invovled in the crash was Marine Capt.