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US Navy Identifies Pilot Killed in California Fighter Jet Crash

Associated Press

   LOS ANGELES - The U.S. Navy has identified the pilot killed in the
   crash of a fighter jet in the California desert.

   A Navy statement Friday says the pilot was 33-year-old Lt. Charles Z.
   Walker.

   The Navy released a photo of Walker but provided no additional
   information, such as his hometown.

   Walker's F/A-18E Super Hornet crashed July 31 in Death Valley National
   Park while flying through a canyon where military pilots routinely
   conduct low-level training missions.

   Seven park visitors on a canyon overlook suffered minor injuries caused
   by debris from the crash.

   The Super Hornet was assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron VFA-151 based
   at Naval Air Station Lemoore in California's Central Valley.

   The cause of the crash remains under investigation.

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