I think they lost another Growler just a few days ago. A mountain hiding in a cloud. No survivors.

Are you referring to this one from 2024?

https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2024/10/21/navy-ids-two-aviators-who-died-in-ea-18g-growler-crash-last-week/

GAC06 said:

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Are you referring to this one from 2024?

https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2024/10/21/navy-ids-two-aviators-who-died-in-ea-18g-growler-crash-last-week/

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That looks like it. I don't know why I saw it a few days ago. Odd.

Depending on where you saw it, people/bots see "growler crash" is trending and try to get some clicks, I think

My brother was at the show and had just parked in the parking lot. His 5 year old grandson said "Dad, do they have fire trucks on air force bases?" My brother was thinking "what a random question" until he saw the smoke…

it's out now

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it's out now

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Read the comments as well.

This was a poor decision at high levels. I expect the squadron CO & possibly XO will lose their positions for signing off on this after the FIELD NAVAL AVIATOR EVALUATION BOARD [FNAEB] is finished.

As an NFO, we were demo'd this in our flight training, and assisted with the lookout, but it really was 100% on the pilots to keep their eye on the lead plane.

The wingman [2nd pilot] will likely never fly in the Navy again.

What a waste.