A U.S. Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet jet crashed Wednesday in the California desert and a search-and-rescue helicopter was sent to the scene.
The single-seat warplane went down around 10 a.m. about 60 miles (96.5 kilometers) north of the Naval Air Weapons Station at China Lake, said Lt. Travis Callaghan, spokesman for Naval Air Forces Pacific.
There was no immediate information about the status of the pilot or unit information, he said.
The aircraft crashed approximately on the western edge of Death Valley, he said.
The Super Hornet is a twin-engine warplane designed to fly from either aircraft carriers or ground bases on both air-superiority and ground-attack missions.
China Lake is about 120 miles (193 kilometers) north of Los Angeles.
