gargLINg on google with "LDCR David J. 'Goose' Lortscher USN RIO F-14 Tomcat" came up this gem?:
"...Lt. David J. “Goose” Lortscher. He and his pilot (not LCDR Diego E. Hernández ) were lost at sea after a mid-air collision between two F-14 Tomcats in December of 1979 off the coast of Puerto Rico...."