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Navy Blue Angel Jet Crashes In Tennessee

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Steve Guest Media Reporter
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A Navy Blue Angel jet crashed Thursday in Tennessee leaving at least on person dead.

According to The Tennessean, a fireball and black smoke were seen shortly after the F/A-18 took off from Smyrna Airport.

The Blue Angels are the Navy’s elite flight demonstration team.

At time of publication, the condition of the pilot was not available. However, The Tennessean reports that there is at least one fatality.

Also on Thursday, an Air Force Thunderbird F-16 crashed. (RELATED: Air Force Jet Crashes After Flying Over Obama’s Speech)

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