Navy jets collide over Nev., pilots OK

FALLON, Nev. (AP) - The U.S. Navy says two fighter jets on a training mission collided over the northern Nevada desert, but both pilots survived.

The crash east of Fallon Naval Air Station happened around 10 p.m. Monday and involved two single seat, F/A-18E Super Hornet aircraft.

Navy officials say one pilot was able to land his jet at the base. The other pilot ejected safely before his jet crashed in a remote area of the base. He was picked up by a SH-60F Seahawk helicopter from the NAS Fallon "Longhorns" Search and Rescue team and taken to a hospital where he was treated and released.

Both jets are assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron 137 based at Naval Air Station Lemoore, Calif.

The cause of the crash is under investigation.