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Tue, Jun 29, 2004

F/A-18 Down In East Atlantic

Marine Pilot Killed

Recovery operations for a missing Marine Corps pilot and F/A-18C Hornet aircraft operating from the USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) were suspended Monday. The pilot, Capt. Franklin R. Hooks II, 32, of Pasco (FL), was killed in the accident.

Aircraft wreckage was recovered approximately 60 miles south of the Azores in the eastern Atlantic Ocean, where the Harry S. Truman Strike Group is operating as part of the Summer Pulse ‘04 exercise. The ship, its aircraft, and rigid hull inflatable boats covered more than 250 square miles of water during the search.

The pilot was conducting a routine training mission when the incident occurred. The aircraft was reported missing at 0030 Zulu Sunday. The plane is one of 11 aircraft assigned to Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 115 "Silver Eagles" based out of Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort (SC).

The Harry S. Truman, home-ported in Norfolk (VA), will continue with its present mission.

FMI: www.news.navy.mil/local/cvn75

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