ilitary officials have identified a U.S. Navy pilot who was killed after his jet crashed in the Mojave Desert on Friday afternoon.
The man was identified as Lieutenant Richard Bullock, who was killed when his F/A-18E Super Hornet crashed near Trona, in San Bernardino County, around 2:30 p.m. PDT on June 3, according to a statement from the Navy issued Sunday.
He was assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 113, which was based at Naval Air Station Lemoore in California. The base has 16 operational Strike Fighter squadrons.