Navy F-18 Lost
Navy confirms death of crew after jet crashes near Mount Rainier in Washington
Navy said it will withhold identities of the 2 crew members for 24 hours after notifying next of kin
Greg Wehner By Greg Wehner Fox News
U.S. Naval officials confirmed Sunday that the two crew members of a Navy jet that crashed near Mount Rainier in Washington last week were located and declared dead.
The EA-18G Growler jet from the Electronic Attack Squadron out of Whidbey Island Naval Air Station crashed on a mountainside east of Mount Rainier on Tuesday afternoon. While the wreckage of the plane was located resting about 6,000 feet up in a remote, steep and heavily-wooded area, the status of the crew remained unknown without a site assessment of the debris area.
Army Special Forces soldiers trained in mountaineering, high-angle rescue, medical and technical communication skills needed to navigate the difficult terrain assisted with efforts to locate the missing crew members as quickly as possible.
On Sunday, the Navy said Electronic Attack Wing Pacific shifted from search and rescue efforts to recovery operations, noting that the two missing crew members had been located and were pronounced dead.
Our worst fears realized. Fair winds and following seas.
Category: Fair Winds and Following Seas, Guest Link
Very tough and challenging weather around Mt. Rainier.
https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/growler-crash-victims-identified-as-31-year-old-navy-pilots/
https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2024-10-21/navy-crash-mount-rainier-aviators-dead-15582069.html
Both females had recently returned from a 9 month deployment on the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower. They operated primarily in the Red Sea.
Fair winds and following seas.
Godspeed, Fare Well, and Rest Easy, Ladies.
More proof that the training for war can be as dangerous as the war itself.
Slow Salute!
Rest in peace brave warriors.
CFIT, probably.
I saw this the day it happened. As soon as they said; “status of the crew is unknown” I knew they were dead. A LIVE crew would have found a way to contact the outside world.
“…they will rise up with wings like eagles, they will run and not grow weary…” [Isaiah 40:31]