El Toro F/A-18 Hornet Plane Crash Video: 24 April 1988, Marine Corps Colonel Jerry Cadick, serving as commanding officer of MAG-11, crashed his F/A-18 Hornet at the bottom of a loop as he was performing a tactical aerial demonstration at the MCAS El Toro Air Show before a crowd of 300,000.
This is exclusive video shot of that crash featuring the tragic accident from two different angles (views).
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