Rep Larsen honors fallen combat-decorated Whidbey Island Aviators
WASHINGTON D.C.—Representative Rick Larsen (WA-02) honored Lieutenant Commander Lyndsey Evans, 31, and Lieutenant Serena Wileman, 31, two high skilled, combat-decorated Naval aviators who tragically lost their lives when their EA-18G Growler aircraft crashed near Mount Rainier on October 15 during a routine training flight. Wileman’s remains were transported to her home in Oak Harbor earlier […]
US Navy releases names of aviators who died in Mt Rainer crash
WHIDBEY ISLAND—The US Navy and local Naval Air Station Whidbey Island are mourning the deaths of aviators Lt. Cmdr. Lyndsay P. Evans, 31, and Lt. Serena N. Wileman, 31, both from California, who died from their injuries from a crash while performing routine exercises near Mount Rainier on October 15. The cause of the crash […]
US Navy pronounces two missing EA-18G Growler pilots deceased
WHIDBEY ISLAND—The U.S. Navy has declared two missing crewmembers of a Boeing EA-18G Growler aircraft from Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 130 that crashed east of Mount Rainier during a routine training flight on Tuesday, October 15, deceased. Electronic Attack Wing Pacific has shifted its mission from a search and rescue effort to recovery operation the […]
