Aircraft Crash Kills Pilot
Navy Newstand
Story Number: NNS030422-09
Release Date: 4/22/2003 1:05:00 PM
From VFC-13 Public Affairs
NAVAL AIR STATION FALLON, Nev. (NNS) -- A single-seat F-5E Tiger II aircraft from Fighter Squardron Composite (VFC) 13 crashed nine miles south of the Fallon Naval Air Station at approximately 9 a.m. April 18. The pilot, Lt. Cmdr. Anthony Domino, was killed in the crash.
The aircraft was on a routine training flight in the local area and was returning to base when the accident occurred. The cause of the accident is under investigation at this time.
Domino, a '91 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, received his Navy wings of gold from Training Squadron 21 in 1993. He flew F-14 Tomcats with the "Jolly Rogers" of Fighter Squadron 103, twice deploying in support of United Nations missions in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Iraq. He was attached to the Naval Strike and Air Warfare Center in Fallon, Nev., in 1999.
At the time of his death, Domino was a selective Reservist assigned to the Navy's west coast adversary squadron, the "Fighting Saints" of VFC-13, and was also a pilot for Jet Blue airlines.
His awards include two Strike/Flight Air Medals, the National Defense Service Medal, two Armed Forces Service Medals, the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal and a NATO Medal. He is survived by his parents and three brothers.
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