Nation Pilot dies in ‘supersonic jet’ crash at Laughlin Air Force Base in Texas November 14, 2018November 14, 2018David Lynch, KENS-TV, San AntonioComments Off on Pilot dies in ‘supersonic jet’ crash at Laughlin Air Force Base in Texas A supersonic jet crashed shortly before 8 p.m. Tuesday at a military base near the U.S.-Mexico border, killing one pilot and hospitalizing another.