US navy pilot killed in fighter-jet crash in California desert

Navy mourns tragic loss' after Lt Richard Bullock's Super Hornet went down on training mission in Mojave desert last week

A US navy lieutenant died when his fighter jet crashed in the desert in California late last week, military officials said on Sunday evening.

The killed pilot, Richard Bullock, was flying his F/A-18 Super Hornet on a training mission on Friday afternoon when the aircraft went down in a remote, unpopulated area near Trona, an unincorporated Mojave desert community in San Bernardino county, the navy said in a statement.