An F-18 fighter jet belonging to the Spanish Air Force crashed near the city of Teruel. It was announced that the pilot of the aircraft, Lieutenant Colonel Pablo Estrada Martin, died in the F-18 crash.

The Spanish Air Force announced that an F-18 fighter jet crashed near the city of Teruel in the northeast of the country. The statement expressed sadness at the loss of our colleague Lieutenant Colonel Pablo Estrada Martin in the F-18 crash.

The Spanish military uses two types of fighter jets, the U.S.-made F-18 Hornet and the Eurofighter Typhoon.