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UPDATE: Search crews located the wreckage of the missing Navy aircrafton the afternoon of Oct. 16 near Mount Rainier.Aerial search crews found the crash site of theEA-18G Growleraround 12:30 p.m ...

A Boeing EA-18G Growler (not the one that crashed) lands on the deck of the USS George HW Bush aircraft carrier in the Atlantic Ocean on Oct. 25, 2017. AFP via Getty Images In October, another ...

According to the Navy, the EA-18G Growler belongs to the F/A-18 aircraft family but combines the Super Hornet’s capabilities with a “sophisticated electronic warfare suite.” The Growler ...

The plane seats a pilot in front and an electronics operator behind them. “The EA-18G Growler aircraft we fly represents the most advanced technology in airborne Electronic Attack and stands as ...

NAVAL AIR STATION WHIDBEY ISLAND, Wash. — The U.S. Navy has identified the two aviators who died when their EA-18G Growler aircraft crashed near Mount Rainier last week. Lt. Cmdr. Lyndsay P.