“The U.S. Navy has declared two missing crew members of the EA-186 Growler crash, deceased,” the announcement reads. “Electronic Attack Wing Pacific has shifted from search and rescue efforts to recovery operations.”

In 2013, a U.S. Navy EA-6B Prowler, based at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, crashed during a routine training flight into a farm field west of Harrington, killing three aviators on board. An investigation into the crash determined it was caused by pilot error.

The EA-18G Growler is similar to the F/A-18F Super Hornet, the type of jet used by the Navy Blue Angels, and includes sophisticated electronic warfare devices.

Search crews have located the wreckage of an EA-18G Growler jet that crashed near Mount Rainier, Navy officials said Wednesday.

The EA-18G Growler belonging to VAQ-130 crashed on October 15, 2024 during a training flight. A  EA-18G Growler Electronic Attack aircraft belonging to

On Monday, two Navy aviators who died after their aircraft crashed near Mount Rainier were identified by the Navy.

The Navy has identified the two crew members killed when their jet fighter crashed near Mount Rainier last week as two 31-year-old female aviators from California

Two crew members who were missing following the crash of a fighter jet in mountainous terrain in Washington state during a routine training flight have been declared dead

The missing crew members are presumed dead after rescue teams spent five days searching for them, even after the Navy found the EA-18G Growler.