Two Navy jets crash midair as crew successfully ejects during Idaho military base air show

Cmdr. Amelia Umayam, a spokesperson for Naval Air Forces, U.S. Pacific Fleet, said the two aircraft were assigned to Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 129 out of Whidbey Island, Washington.

The midair crash happened at about 12:10 p.m. MDT while the aircraft were performing an aerial demonstration during the air show, Umayam said.

Umayam said all four air crew members successfully ejected and were being evaluated by medical personnel while first responders remained at the scene.

In a statement posted to Facebook earlier in the day, Mountain Home Gunfighters said "an aircraft incident has occurred at Mountain Home Air Force Base during the Gunfighter Skies Air Show two miles northwest of the base." 

"Emergency responders are on the scene, an investigation is underway and more details will be released as they become available," the statement added.

"We saw the smoke and fireball," Katz said. "Apparently they collided there. One of the planes was impacted and started burning in the air."

Katz said he was in a vehicle with his two sons when they saw four parachutes deploy from the aircraft - two from each plane.

"Fire crews are flying by us right now," Katz told Fox News Digital.

The EA-18G Growler is an electronic warfare aircraft in the F/A-18 Super Hornet family designed to conduct airborne electronic attack missions for the Navy.