An E/A-18G Growler aircraft launches from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier Nimitz in 2023. (MC3 Joseph Calabrese/U.S. Navy) Wreckage recovery operations entered a fourth day Wednesday ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

High-speed, low-level flying is part of the training for Growler crews. The aircraft are used to knock out enemy radar and anti-aircraft batteries at the beginning of an airstrike. The Growler has ...

A Navy EA-18G Growler aircraft crashed Tuesday afternoon in Washington state during a training flight, and the status of the two crew members was unknown, according to the Navy. An update from the ...

A U.S. Navy aircraft crashed in Washington state on Tuesday, with search efforts ongoing for its two crew members. An EA-18G Growler, an electronic warfare aircraft, crashed east of Mount Rainier ...

Tacoma Events Commission A search was underway for two Navy crew members who were onboard a EA-18G Growler aircraft that crashed east of Mount Rainier on Tuesday. The aircraft took off from Naval ...

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 ...

Ellie Cook is a Newsweek security and defense reporter based in London, U.K. Her work focuses largely on the Russia-Ukraine war, the U.S. military, weapons systems and emerging technology.