TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. -- The Marine pilot and navigator of an A-6E jetfighter were killed in the Mojave Desert when their aircraft crashed during a training flight at the Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center.
Capt. Henry Dreier, 26, of Mission Viejo, Calif., the pilot, and Capt. Edward Hertberg Jr., 27, of El Toro, Calif., were on a close-air support training mission when the jet crashed Sunday 13 miles northwest of the base.
The two men were part of an all-weather attack squadron flying out of the El Toro Marine Corps Air Station in Orange County. The spokesman said the weather was clear at the time of the accident.
The San Bernardino County coroner said both men suffered multiple traumatic injuries, but were not burned when the jet crashed.
