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Fireball lights night sky as Nimitz jet crashes near Jacksonville
Lt Ed Sheldon watched a large fireball glow and flames shoot from the Nimitz after a radar-jamming jet crashed on the carrier’s flight deck off Florida. The Moosbrugger destroyer rushed to assist, arriving within minutes as the Nimitz blaze drew crews from Jacksonville to aid.
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Charleston
S.C
UPI
Ed Sheldon
Sheldon
Greensboro
N.C
Nimitz
USS
Moosbrugger
Spruance
Villiffreda
Meuperugge
Giuffreda
Charleston Naval Base
Brooklyn
N.Y
Jacksonville
Fla