The US Marine Corps has identified the pilot who was killed in the crash of his F/A-18C Hornet March 1st:

Captain Reid B. Nannen, 32, of Hopedale, Ill…died March 1 from injuries resulting from an F/A-18C Hornet crash on the Fallon Range Training Complex, approximately 70 miles east of Naval Air Station Fallon, Nev.

The reports also indicate Capt Nannen — “Eeyore” — was a TopGun student at Fallon; he was assigned to Iwakuni, Japan.

Captain Nannen was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps on May 25, 2004…

Nannen is survived by his wife, Sarah Nannen, and their four children, as well as his parents, Dale and Mary Nannen.

You can contribute to a fund for Capt Nannen’s children here.

Capt Nannen’s youngest child had just been born a few weeks earlier.  He never had the chance to hold her.

Also at the Marine Corps Times.

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