Blue Angels pilot's body flown home

SMYRNA, Tenn. (AP) - The body of an elite fighter jet pilot who was killed in a crash near Nashville Thursday has been flown home.The Tennessean reports that a Navy C-130 "Fat Albert" plane flew out of Smyrna Saturday morning with the body of Capt. Jeff Kuss. People braved the rain, some carrying American flags, others wiping tears away as a police procession guided a white hearse from

Body of Navy Blue Angels Capt. Jeff Kuss flown home

The body of Navy Blue Angels Marine Capt. Jeff Kuss was flown out of Smyrna about 11:40 a.m. Saturday on a Navy C-130 plane.More than a dozen police cars and official vehicles guided a white hearse from Murfreesboro into Smyrna before Kuss' body was loaded onto the plane. People braved the rain and lined Murfreesboro Road, waving American flags and wiping tears as the procession passed."I just

Northern Michigan feels loss of U.S. Navy Blue Angels Pilot

Northern Michigan feels loss of U.S. Navy Blue Angels Pilot

GRAND TRAVERSE CO., Mi. (WPBN/WGTU) — Much of the country is still in shock after a U.S. Navy Blue Angels Pilot was killed in a crash not far from Nashville Thursday.While it doesn't appear Captain Jeff Kuss flew in Traverse City during the last National Cherry Festival Air Show in 2014, his death has impacted many people in northern

Blue Angels, Pensacola Mourn Loss Of #6 Aviator

Flags are at half-staff in and around Pensacola, as the city joins in the mourning for the first Blue Angel pilot to die in a crash in nine years. Marine Captain Jeff Kuss died Thursday when his Number-6 FA-18 Hornet crashed just after takeoff during an afternoon practice session from the Smyrna, Tennessee airport near Nashville.The other five pilots landed safely, and returned to NAS Pensacola

OC Air Show to go on despite Thunderbird, Blue Angels crashes

OCEAN CITY, Md. —Despite two
unrelated crashes involving U.S. Air Force and Navy pilots, the Ocean
City Air Show will go on as planned, Ocean City Air Show officials
announced Friday.An Air Force Thunderbird jet crash in a field
Thursday outside Petersen Air Force Base in Colorado following their
flyover for the Air Force Academy graduation, causing the team to
temporarily stand down for

U.S. Navy identifies Blue Angel pilot who died in crash

Marine Capt. Jeff Kuss, 30, of Durango,
Colorado, U.S. part of the Navy Fight Demonstration Squadron, the Blue
Angels, is pictured in Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, South
Carolina, U.S. in this July 30, 2014 handout photo. Cpl. John
Wilkes/U.S. Marines/Handout via...





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Marine Pilot of a U.S. Navy Blue Angels Fighter Jet Killed in Crash During Practice Session

A pilot was killed in the fiery crash of a Blue Angels jet Thursday during what was supposed to be a routine practice session for an upcoming air show.

The U.S. Navy’s elite demonstration squadron was rehearsing its
jaw-dropping formations when the pilot, identified as USMC Capt. Jeff
Kuss from Durango, Colorado, crashed into a residential area in Smyrna,
Georgia. There were no reports of