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Marine jet crashes after mid-air collision in California

by Associated Press
| September 29, 2020 7:06 PM

SAN DIEGO (AP) — A Marine Corps fighter jet collided in mid-air with another plane during a refueling operation in a remote desert area of Southern California Tuesday afternoon. But the pilot ejected and the other aircraft landed safely, the military said.

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