OUTER BANKS, N.C., May 26 (UPI) -- Four U.S. Navy servicemen were hospitalized Thursday after two F/A-18 Hornet fighter jets collided off the coast of North Carolina, military officials said.
The fighters were participating in a training mission Thursday morning when the planes were "involved in a mishap" around 10:40 a.m. EDT Thursday, a Navy spokesman said. The jets were off the Carolina coast near Cape Hatteras when the collision occurred, officials said.