{"id":117470,"date":"2024-10-23T14:42:45","date_gmt":"2024-10-23T07:42:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=117470"},"modified":"2024-10-23T14:42:45","modified_gmt":"2024-10-23T07:42:45","slug":"navy-identifies-2-crew-members-killed-in-washington-state-jet-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=117470","title":{"rendered":"Navy identifies 2 crew members killed in Washington state jet crash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"speakable\">U.S. Naval officials, on Monday, identified the two crew members who died last week in a Navy jet crash near <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/us-regions\/west\/washington\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mount Rainier in Washington state<\/a>, as two 31-year-old aviators from California.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">The fighter jet pilots were identified as Lt. Cmdr. Lyndsay P. Evans, a Naval Flight Officer, and Lt. Serena N. Wileman, a Naval Aviator.<\/p>\n<p>Evans and Wileman died when their 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.<\/p>\n<p>The wreckage of the jet was located resting about 6,000 feet up in a remote, steep and heavily-wooded area, and until Sunday, the status of the crew remained a mystery without a site assessment of the debris area.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/navy-jet-located-after-crashing-near-mount-rainier-washington\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>NAVY JET LOCATED AFTER CRASHING NEAR MOUNT RAINIER IN WASHINGTON<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/343\/192\/growler-flying.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/686\/384\/growler-flying.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/672\/378\/growler-flying.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1344\/756\/growler-flying.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/931\/523\/growler-flying.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1862\/1046\/growler-flying.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/720\/405\/growler-flying.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1440\/810\/growler-flying.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1200\/675\/growler-flying.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"growler-flying\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>An EA-18G Growler takes off from Naval Air Station Whidbey Island during an exercise in 2016.<\/span> <span>(Ken Lambert\/The Seattle Times via AP)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>Once Evans and Wileman were located on Sunday, efforts switched from search and rescue efforts to recovery operations.<\/p>\n<p>Evans, who hailed from Palmdale, California, made history as part of the first-ever all-female team to fly over a Super Bowl on Feb. 12, 2023, celebrating 50 years of women flying in the Navy, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/military\/navy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Navy spokesperson<\/a> Steve Fiebing told The Associated Press.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/navy-confirms-death-crew-after-jet-crashes-near-mount-rainier-washington\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>NAVY CONFIRMS DEATH OF CREW AFTER JET CRASHES NEAR MOUNT RAINIER IN WASHINGTON<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/343\/192\/us-navy-lt-commander-lyndsay-evans.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/686\/384\/us-navy-lt-commander-lyndsay-evans.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/672\/378\/us-navy-lt-commander-lyndsay-evans.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1344\/756\/us-navy-lt-commander-lyndsay-evans.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/931\/523\/us-navy-lt-commander-lyndsay-evans.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1862\/1046\/us-navy-lt-commander-lyndsay-evans.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/720\/405\/us-navy-lt-commander-lyndsay-evans.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1440\/810\/us-navy-lt-commander-lyndsay-evans.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1200\/675\/us-navy-lt-commander-lyndsay-evans.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"us-navy-lt-commander-lyndsay-evans\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>Lt. Commander Lyndsay Evans, a Naval Flight Officer.<\/span> <span>(U.S. Navy via AP)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Women first began entering the U.S. Navy flight school in 1973.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I joined the Navy to serve my country,&#8221; Evans told the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/california\/story\/2023-02-10\/meet-the-first-all-female-team-to-fly-over-the-superbowl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Los Angeles Times<\/a> in an article about the flyover in 2023. &#8220;Serving in the Navy means being part of something bigger than yourself.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Wileman was commissioned into the Navy in 2018 and joined the &#8220;Zapper&#8221; squadron based out of Naval Air Station Whidbey Island in 2021. During her career, she earned the National Defense Service Medal, Navy Unit Commendation Medal and a Combat Action Ribbon.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/navy-parachutist-crash-lands-mother-teenager-san-francisco-performance-video\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>NAVY PARACHUTIST CRASH-LANDS ON MOTHER AND TEENAGER DURING SAN FRANCISCO PERFORMANCE: VIDEO<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/343\/192\/us-navy-lt-serena-wileman.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/686\/384\/us-navy-lt-serena-wileman.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/672\/378\/us-navy-lt-serena-wileman.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1344\/756\/us-navy-lt-serena-wileman.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/931\/523\/us-navy-lt-serena-wileman.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1862\/1046\/us-navy-lt-serena-wileman.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/720\/405\/us-navy-lt-serena-wileman.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1440\/810\/us-navy-lt-serena-wileman.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1200\/675\/us-navy-lt-serena-wileman.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"us-navy-lt-serena-wileman\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>Lt. Serena Wileman, a Naval Aviator.<\/span> <span>(U.S. Navy via AP)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>U.S. Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., issued a statement on the deaths of Evans and Wileman.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am heartbroken to learn about the passing of Lt. Commander Lyndsay Evans and Lt. Serena Wileman,&#8221; Murray wrote on X. &#8220;I am so proud of both of these women&#8217;s trailblazing careers\u2014their service has cleared a path for the women who will come after them.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Navy said the investigation into the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/disasters\/transportation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cause of the crash<\/a> is ongoing.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/us-navy-looks-robots-ai-extend-vessel-health-maintenance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><u>US NAVY LOOKS TO ROBOTS, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TO EXTEND VESSEL HEALTH AND MAINTENANCE<\/u><\/strong><\/a><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/343\/192\/growler-crash-scene.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/686\/384\/growler-crash-scene.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/672\/378\/growler-crash-scene.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1344\/756\/growler-crash-scene.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/931\/523\/growler-crash-scene.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1862\/1046\/growler-crash-scene.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/720\/405\/growler-crash-scene.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1440\/810\/growler-crash-scene.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1200\/675\/growler-crash-scene.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"growler-crash-scene\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>A U.S. Navy pickup truck is seen in a parking lot near Pear Butte, Yakima County, Thursday, as the search continues for two fighter pilots whose EA-18G Growler jet crashed east of Mount Rainier, Wash.<\/span> <span>(Nick Wagner\/The Seattle Times via AP)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The EA-18G is a variant of the F\/A-18 family of aircraft, outfitted with a sophisticated electronic warfare suite that is used for tactical jamming and electronic protection, according to the Navy\u2019s website.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The jet was built to replace the EA-6B Prowler, and first went into production in October 2004.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/apps-products?pid=AppArticleLink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/u><\/strong><\/a><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The jet made its inaugural flight in August 2006, and the first delivery of the aircraft was made on June 3, 2008, to VAQ 129 at NAS Whidbey Island.<\/p>\n<p>Each plane comes with a price tag of $67 million.<\/p>\n<p><i>The Associated Press contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n<p> <!----> <\/p>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-bio\">\n<p>Greg Wehner is a breaking news reporter for Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n<p>Story tips and ideas can be sent to 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