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DEVELOPING: A U.S. Navy Blue Angels jet crashed Thursday in central Tennessee, a Navy official confirmed to Fox News.

The crash involving the F/A-18 Hornet happened after 3 p.m. southeast of Nashville in the town of Smyrna, a Rutherford County dispatcher told Fox 17.

There was no information on the condition of the pilot.

La Vergne, Tenn. Fire Chief Rick McCormick told Fox News that the jet crashed off airport property just after takeoff.

He added that the jet did not crash into buildings off the runway.

Commander Jeannie Grenaveld, a spokeswoman for Naval Air Forces, told Fox News the crash happened during a practice flight for the airshow in Smyrna. The Blue Angels are performing June 4 and 5 at the airport.

Becca Cullision-Burgess told Fox 17 she was in her shop "My Southern Charm" when she saw the crash.

"I've never seen such a big ball or orange fire before," she said.

The Blue Angels flew over downtown Nashville earlier in the day.

An Air Force Thunderbird jet crashed Thursday in Colorado just after a flyover at a graduation ceremony for Air Force Academy cadets where President Barack Obama had spoken.

Air Force spokeswoman Lt. Col. Michal Kloeffler-Howard said the pilot ejected but there was no information on the pilot's condition. No injuries were reported on the ground.

Obama was still at the stadium taking photographs and greeting attendees in a private area during the air show that lasted about half an hour south of Colorado Springs.

News of the crash broke while Obama's motorcade was returning to Peterson Air Force Base for his flight back to Washington.

The crash occurred about 15 miles south of Peterson Air Force Base, where Air Force One was waiting to take off.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/06/02/ai ... tcmp=hpbt4

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dbackjon wrote:

BDKJMU wrote:Hey, I just hit 10k posts. Don't you get something for that?

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CAA Flagship wrote:

dbackjon wrote:

A roll of tinfoil, a copy of Ibanez's greatest guitar hits, a book of charts from Skjellyfeti, a box of golfballs from 89, lunch with Opie, a bottle of whiskey from Bandl, and a disk of Asian Midget Porn.

Don't tease him, 93 will never give that up.

AZGrizFan wrote:

BDKJMU wrote:Paging Spandos...

93henfan wrote:

AZGrizFan wrote:

This was clearly orchestrated to launch Obama's latest agenda to ban fighter jets. The NFJA quickly stated that fighter jets don't kill; careless pilots kill.

dbackjon wrote:

BDKJMU wrote:Hey, I just hit 10k posts. Don't you get something for that?

A roll of tinfoil, a copy of Ibanez's greatest guitar hits, a book of charts from Skjellyfeti, a box of golfballs from 89, lunch with Opie, a bottle of whiskey from Bandl, and a disk of Asian Midget Porn.

BDKJMU wrote:

93henfan wrote:
This was clearly orchestrated to launch Obama's latest agenda to ban fighter jets. The NFJA quickly stated that fighter jets don't kill; careless pilots kill.

Yeah, the two mishaps today come on the heels of last week's 2 F/A 18 Superhornets colliding last week east of Oregon Inlet..

ASUG8 wrote:Add in a couple of F-16's down in eastern Georgia last night. It's been an expensive couple of weeks.

houndawg wrote:

ASUG8 wrote:Add in a couple of F-16's down in eastern Georgia last night. It's been an expensive couple of weeks.

Those were professional actors

houndawg wrote:

BDKJMU wrote:
Yeah, the two mishaps today come on the heels of last week's 2 F/A 18 Superhornets colliding last week east of Oregon Inlet..

Fighter pilots are already already past their shelf life. The future is drone swarms pulling 20g's.

dbackjon wrote:

BDKJMU wrote:Hey, I just hit 10k posts. Don't you get something for that?

A roll of tinfoil, a copy of Ibanez's greatest guitar hits, a book of charts from Skjellyfeti, a box of golfballs from 89, lunch with Opie, a bottle of whiskey from Bandl, and a disk of Asian Midget Porn.

CID1990 wrote:

houndawg wrote:

Fighter pilots are already already past their shelf life. The future is drone swarms pulling 20g's.

I thought Bernie Sanders was the future

houndawg wrote:

CID1990 wrote:
I thought Bernie Sanders was the future

More war is the future.

CID1990 wrote:

houndawg wrote:
More war is the future.

Whacking moles from an air conditioned room in Colorado isn't war. It's pest control.

Lemme know when we start drafting people and rationing gas