{"id":182629,"date":"2026-05-18T09:35:48","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T13:35:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=182629"},"modified":"2026-05-18T09:35:48","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T13:35:48","slug":"skidmarks-in-the-sky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=182629","title":{"rendered":"Skidmarks in the Sky"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-127737 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/fa-18e.jpg?resize=300%2C209&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"209\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/fa-18e.jpg?resize=300%2C209&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/fa-18e.jpg?resize=478%2C333&amp;ssl=1 478w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/fa-18e.jpg?resize=768%2C535&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/fa-18e.jpg?resize=1536%2C1070&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/fa-18e.jpg?w=1600&amp;ssl=1 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Watch: Two U.S. Navy Jets Collide During Idaho Air Show<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Paul Bois<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Spectators at an air show in Boise, Idaho, were left in shock on Sunday when two U.S. Navy jets collided midair during their performance.<\/p>\n<p>The incident occurred at Mountain Home Air Force Base during the Gunfighter Skies Air Show when two Navy EA-18 Growler jets collided midair, totaling both aircraft before the pilots safely ejected. Footage was later shared on social media.<\/p>\n<p>The incident occurred at Mountain Home Air Force Base during the Gunfighter Skies Air Show when two Navy EA-18 Growler jets collided midair, totaling both aircraft before the pilots safely ejected. Footage was later shared on social media.<\/p>\n<p>A Navy spokesperson said that all four pilots and crew safely ejected and were in stable condition after medical examinations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll four of the air crew successfully ejected,\u201d Cmdr. Amelia Umayam, a spokesperson for the Naval Air Force U.S. Pacific Fleet, said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>According to ABC News, the two jets were \u201cassigned to the Electronic Attack Squadron at Whidbey Island, Washington, Umayam said, adding that the cause of the crash is under investigation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe air show was cancelled immediately after the crash, according to a post from the Mountain Home Police Department, which further advised spectators not to travel to the Air Force base,\u201d added the outlet.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/pre-viral\/2026\/05\/17\/watch-two-u-s-navy-jets-collide-idaho-air-show\/\">Breitbart<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Pretty sure this was not the briefed maneuver the crews had in mind, but the spectators got to see how well ejection seats worked for reals.<br \/>\nKidding aside, glad all returned to earth mostly OK.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Four crew members ejected safely after two Navy jets crash during air show in Idaho\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/paJ1Ue9E72g\" width=\"315\" height=\"576\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Watch: Two U.S. Navy Jets Collide During Idaho Air Show Paul Bois Spectators at an air show in Boise, Idaho, were left in shock on Sunday when two U.S. Navy jets collided midair during their performance. The incident occurred at Mountain Home Air Force Base during the Gunfighter Skies Air Show when two Navy EA-18 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":657,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[703],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-182629","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-big-navy"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4ozh1-LvD","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182629","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/657"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=182629"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182629\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=182629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=182629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=182629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}