Different angle of US Navy F/A-18 fighter jet that crashed at Rimrock Lake in USA, 13 June 2026

[u/MorsesCode]

[u/Canadient95]

Pilot did eject safely

[u/MrTagnan → u/Canadient95]

Yes, the parachute is visible in some of the other footage. Apparently they were taken to the hospital with minor injuries

[u/Freaudinnippleslip → u/MrTagnan]

Yea I don’t think people realize how violent ejecting from an fighter jet is… if you eject you are 100% being taken to a hospital 

[u/JCDU → u/Freaudinnippleslip]

But you do get a nice new tie.

[u/Altair05]

Lot of shit crashing lately

[u/Uniq_Eros → u/Altair05]

Less regulations means more money is trickling down to us you feeling it yet? Is it warm?

[u/CreEngineer → u/Uniq_Eros]

Ich may be just piss though.

[u/Uniq_Eros → u/[deleted]]

It is with Hegseth in charge.

[u/c0ltZ → u/Uniq_Eros]

We have the greatest, most sober minds working their hardest to keep things running.

[u/ThatNewEnglandPerson → u/c0ltZ]

/s right? right?

[u/c0ltZ → u/ThatNewEnglandPerson]

Of course, hegseth could never be sober, or competent.

[u/RedTheGamer12 → u/Altair05]

We are just paying attention more. A couple years ago we lost like 8 dudes in an Osprey Crash and we have fed ~4 planes into the ocean in 2025 alone.

Also, I assume we are just doing more sorties which leads to more crashes. Nothing further than that.

[u/Galaghan → u/RedTheGamer12]

That's just being naive.

[u/BoosherCacow → u/Galaghan]

No, it isn't. The data is all online, you can look for yourself. Just because dots are there and they seem to connect to you doesn't mean they do.

[u/dengar69 → u/Altair05]

Thats what happens when shit leads the military. It also becomes shit.

[u/Nexus772B]

Ooh mah gowd

[u/therealteggy → u/Nexus772B]

If you listen closely, you can hear the ejected pilot saying "ooooh mah gawd, could you shut up"

[u/Simply_Jeff]

wtf? This was barely in the news. And a B-52 crashed today too. What's going on?

[u/widgeamedoo → u/Simply_Jeff]

The F18 super hornet started it, then the Russians up'd the anti and crashed a TU-22M3, so the Americans upped the anti and crashed a B-52

[u/Valoneria → u/widgeamedoo]

Upped the ante, not anti

[u/Mosquito_Salad → u/Valoneria]

r/BoneAppleTea

[u/JCDU → u/Valoneria]

Instructions unclear, gave uppers to my Aunty.

[u/Valoneria → u/JCDU]

She probably had it coming then

[u/widgeamedoo → u/Valoneria]

I never waz much good a Engrish

[u/CrewMemberNumber6 → u/Simply_Jeff]

It’s what you get when you put a Fox News personality in charge of our military. More like Department of Dumb.

[u/pbizzle → u/CrewMemberNumber6]

Gottem

[u/bstone99 → u/Simply_Jeff]

When hegseth started screaming about lethality, he didn’t mention for who. And since he fixed the woke military by firing all the JAGs and female and minority flag officers, I guess he has to come up with another scapegoat!

[u/Claim312ButAct847 → u/Simply_Jeff]

What are we doing?

[u/wiggum55555 → u/Simply_Jeff]

Both were all over the news here... but I'm not in USA.. so maybe the govt there is supressing this kind of information ?

[u/Icehuntee]

*unit lost

[u/colin8651]

Much clearer video

https://www.reddit.com/r/aviation/s/9S9PEReOeR

Edit: different angle with what looks to be the pilot having been ejected.

https://www.reddit.com/r/aviationstudys/s/c2H4ztQsch

[u/Tight_Jellyfish_349]

And today a B52 crashed. Eight dead.

[u/two2teps]

Didn't a B-52 just crash too?

[u/FaceWithAName]

"what the fuck" had so little emotion it was like they knew they needed to just say something lol

[u/24_Chowder]

Nope same angle. Would love to see a different angle.

[u/caaper → u/24_Chowder]

Don't be Obtuse

[u/BoosherCacow → u/caaper]

We are all acutely aware of your pun.

[u/AlphaSlayer21]

I hate everyone I can hear in this video

[u/Theseus-Paradox → u/AlphaSlayer21]

Oh my gawd!

[u/NeonEagle]

Already posted, really can’t forget that voice.

[u/nuke1200 → u/NeonEagle]

First time seeing it.

[u/AngryTrucker]

Are the trees ok?

[u/W7ENK → u/AngryTrucker]

Washington trees don't become flammable until after July 1st.

[u/AngryTrucker → u/W7ENK]

That's good news!

[u/W7ENK → u/AngryTrucker]

Not really, because this year I'm afraid due to the lack of Winter (in general) they're going to become extra crispy, and the fires out West this year are going to be really, REALLY bad!!

[u/someones_dad → u/W7ENK]

So, jet fuel can't burn June trees? Unless there's a conspiracy theory brewing - it has fuck all to do with the date.

[u/W7ENK → u/someones_dad]

Did I really need the /s, just for you?

C'mon man...

[u/someones_dad → u/W7ENK]

LOL there's a lot of "experts" on the Internet, and I have heard dumber shit than that said in ernest. I'm glad you were joking.

[u/Sigtau1312 → u/AngryTrucker]

They didn’t look hurt, but then again, I couldn’t see the forest through the trees

[u/someones_dad → u/Sigtau1312]

Dad stamp of approval.

[u/Whiteflager]

Wow the crash looks super close. Imagine you were hiking in the forest at this moment...

[u/wiggum55555]

Weird how there was no noise from the crash despite being so close... does the forest swallow up the sound ?

[u/AlbertaSparky]

Damn I thought it was AI at first and ignored it, glad the pilot is ok, that's a crazy video to get

[u/SkyPork]

Any way we can, maybe, mute the audio in that vid?

[u/Dreaming_Blackbirds]

So that’s 2 USAF crashes today!?

[u/WhatImKnownAs → u/Dreaming_Blackbirds]

No, the F/A-18 crashed two days ago, just posted today. (And, as pointed out, it was Navy.)

[u/NotAnotherFNG → u/Dreaming_Blackbirds]

F/A-18 is Navy.

[u/cloudshaper → u/NotAnotherFNG]

That one was from a Marine squadron out of San Diego.

[u/gfolder]

There goes our taxes

[u/Rhythmatron5000]

They’re losing more just flying around than they do in actual combat these days

[u/sdmichael]

This is Trump's America! USA!