The U.S. Navy has identified the two aviators who tragically lost their lives in last week’s fighter jet crash near Mount Rainier. Both were 31-year-old trailblazing officers from California whose careers embodied courage, service, and groundbreaking achievements.
Lt. Cmdr. Lyndsay P. Evans, a Naval Flight Officer, and Lt. Serena N. Wileman, a Naval Aviator, died when their EA-18G Growler aircraft crashed during a training mission east of Mount Rainier. The jet, assigned to Electronic Attack Squadron 130—known as the “Zappers”—was operating out of Naval Air Station Whidbey Island in Washington State.
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