Navy Identifies Pilot Killed in F/A-18 Midair

Stephen Pope

Tuesday, September 16, 2014 at 07:57 PM ET

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U.S. Navy Lt. Nathan Poloski, 26, was presumed killed after his F/A-18C Hornet collided with another over the Pacific Ocean on September 15.
Poloski, a 2009 Naval Academy graduate, was declared deceased after an extensive search failed to locate him or his aircraft.
The second F/A-18 pilot involved in the mid-air collision ejected safely and was subsequently rescued.

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The U.S. Navy has identified Lt. Nathan Poloski, a 26-year-old from Lake Arrowhead, California, as the pilot who was presumed killed in a collision between two F/A-18C Hornets over the Pacific Ocean on September 15.

Poloski was declared presumed deceased after the two Hornets collided during a routine flight off the USS Carl Vinson, the Navy said.