...from the jet's base about 4:43 p.m., authorities said. The fighter was part of Squadron 101 based at Oceana Naval Air Station in Virginia Beach, Va., said Mike Maus, a spokesman for the Naval Air Force, U.S. Atlantic Fleet, in...

...immediately known. The F/A-18C Hornet took off from Oceana Naval Air Station in Virginia Beach, Va. It was on a routine training...against Iraq during the Gulf War. On the Net: Oceana Naval Air Station: http://www.nasoceana.navy.mil/