Spanish F-18 Hornet Fighter Jet Crashes, Pilot Dies

JAKARTA - The Spanish Air Force confirmed the death of an F-18 Hornet fighter jet pilot after the plane crashed near the northeastern city of Teruel.

"We regret conveying that our teammate Lieutenant Colonel Pablo Estrada Martin died in an F-18 accident," the Air Force wrote on X.

The Spanish military operates two types of fighter jets, the US-made F-18 Hornet and Eurofighter Typhoon.

The country has shipped these weapons to Baltic and Romanian countries to help monitor Europe's skies.

LTIMA HORA Lamentamos communications que se ha confirmado en el accidente del F-18 el fallecimiento de nuesto compamenero, el tenieente coronal Pablo Estrada Mart Mariju, destination en el Ala 12.

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