An EA-18G Growler electronic warfare aircraft crashes during a training flight in the United States.

The U.S. Naval Institute reported on this.

The crash occurred at 3:20 p.m. Pacific Time during a training flight from Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, the main base for this type of aircraft.

The air base is currently home to more than 20 squadrons operating EA-18G aircraft, P-8A Poseidon patrol aircraft, and rescue and anti-submarine helicopters.

Naval Air Station officials said rescue teams began searching for two crew members who may have ejected.

MH-60S helicopters have been dispatched to comb the area east of Mount Rainier, where the crash is believed to have occurred.

The EA-18G aircraft was part of a VAQ-130 unit that recently returned for a rotation from the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower aircraft carrier. Eisenhower after a combat deployment in the ocean.

The U.S. Navy operates about 180 EA-18G electronic warfare aircraft, which are the only type of aircraft capable of interfering deep into enemy territory.

In addition, the U.S. Air Force leases the aircraft for its own operations and training, including simulation of the enemy.

Militarnyi previously reported that in September 2024, a Dassault Mirage 2000-5Ei jet fighter crashed in Taiwan during a training flight over the Taiwan Strait.

The accident occurred on September 10, 2024, at 20:45 local time during a training flight of a single-seat Mirage 2000-5Ei jet fighter over the sea near the city of Xinzhou.

Due to a sharp loss of speed and altitude, the pilot decided to eject. After a successful landing, he switched on a rescue beacon to alert the Taiwanese Air Force Search and Rescue Service.

Taiwanese Mirage 2000-5Ei jet fighters are equipped with British Martin-Baker F10QA ejection seats.

Thanks to the successful ejection, the pilot became the 7728th pilot to be rescued since 1949, when the Martin-Baker company entered the global market for the export of aircraft ejection seats. Today, these seats are considered to be among the best in the world.