TRONA, Calif. – Navy pilot Lt. Richard Bullock was killed June 3 when his F/A-18E Super Hornet crashed in the Southern California desert, Navy authorities said. The fighter jet was based at Naval Air Station Lemoore. It went down at about 2:30 p.m. in the area of Trona, an unincorporated Mojave Desert community in San Bernardino County, the Navy announced. Trona is about 236 miles southeast of the air station, which is in the Central Valley. Bullock was flying a routine training mission at the time before his aircraft went down. No one on the ground was hurt. (Source: Gray News 06/06/22) Mississippi Note: Bullock received his Wings of Gold after completing training in August 2019 with VT-7 at Naval Air Station Meridian, Miss.
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