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Very sad. Lt. Cmdr. Lyndsay P. Evans, left, and Lt. Serena N. Wileman, right.© Navy photos. The crew of an EA-18G Growler that crashed near Mount Rainier in Washington last week had flown dozens of combat missions in the Red Sea earlier this year as part of the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower’s Carrier Strike Group that faced drones and missiles fired by Houthi rebels in Yemen. The Navy confirmed Monday that Lt. Cmdr. Lyndsay “Miley” Evans and Lt. Serena “Dug” Wileman, both 31, were killed in the Oct. 15 crash on Mount Rainier, about 180 miles from their home base of Naval Air Station Whidbey Island. Rescuers battled bad weather and steep terrain to reach the crash site over the weekend, where they confirmed the aviators had died. The Navy said the Growler was on a “routine training flight” when it went down. No other details about the crash have been released. The Eisenhower’s commander, Capt. Chris “Chowdah” Hill, tweeted that both women had served “heroically” on the ship’s combat deployment. “My heart truly goes out to the families, friends, and shipmates of these two fallen Naval Aviators who were confirmed killed in an EA-18G crash last week in Washington. These warriors of VAQ-130 will forever be part of the Ike family, having served with us heroically on our recent deployment. I loved working with them both — just incredible energy and beautiful souls,” Hill wrote. the jet carrying the two crew members went down during Loaded: 100.00% Pause Current Time 0:18 / Duration 0:28 Quality Settings Captions Fullscreen Straight Arrow News Navy confirms deaths of 2 crew members after jet crashes in Washington Unmute 0 View on Watch During the deployment, Evans was awarded two Single Action Air Medals with Combat “C” devices, an indication of having flown on two particularly difficult or meaningful missions, along with three Strike-Flight Air Medals. Evans was also a graduate of the 12-week HAVOC course at NAS Fallon, the “Top Gun” school of the Growler community. She was named the Growler Tactics Instructor of the Year for fiscal year 2024. Evans’ other awards also include a Combat Action Ribbon. Wileman, a pilot since 2022, earned a Combat Action Ribbon and three Strike-Flight Air Medals on the Red Sea deployment. The commander of the Eisenhower’s air wing said Evans and Wileman will be remembered for their tenacity, contributions to the defense of others, and positive energy they brought to Naval Aviation. “I have personally flown with both of these Great Americans in both training and dynamic combat operations, and they always performed professionally and precisely,” said Capt. Marvin Scott in a release. “As true leaders in the Growler community, VAQ-130, and across my Air Wing, their contributions cannot be overstated; I could not be more proud to have served with each of them. Every member of the CVW-3 Battle Axe Team is heartbroken at the loss of these exceptional warriors; Dug and Miley truly represent the best that Naval Aviation has to offer, and they will absolutely be missed.”

I can't believe we missed Oktoberfest 2024 (21 Sep-6 Oct)! Here are a few pics to get things started...

On 22 Oct 1918, the Glenn L. Martin Airplane Company in Cleveland, Ohio, received an order for fifty of their new MB-1 twin-engine bombers. As shown in the photo here, the aircraft was flown to McCook Field, north of Dayton, Ohio, the previous month. Martin pilot Eric Springer demonstrated it for the Army Air Service pilots, who then took it for a spin and were impressed with the aircraft—the first-ever American-designed and built bomber, notable for being significantly larger than similar planes then being flown over Europe. Unfortunately for the Martin Airplane Co., the war ended a few weeks later, resulting in the cancellation of this order, though it was widely regarded as what would’ve been the greatest American aircraft of the war had the conflict continued another six months. In the end, the Air Service still bought ten of the planes, and the improved version, the MB-2, would be used famously by Brig Gen Billy Mitchell in his 1921-1923 battleship bombing tests, where he demonstrated to a rather annoyed U.S. Navy that airpower could sink their ships. (Photo: NMUSAF)

Good luck! my first time my scores were average. I had a Pilot score of 78 and a PCSM of 76. I was number 3 at the Wg. I was a non select. I took this last year to really work on my application. I retook the AFOQT as a senior captain. I felt like Billy Madison in my testing center with all junior enlisted testing to commission. I was able to bump my scores to a 99 pilot, 92 PCSM and earned the #1 Wing strat. I sincerely hope this is enough to get me across the finish line for this year!

Glad you had the courage to ask for help, proud you were open enough to share it here as well. 22 a day is 22 to many...my home is always open, coffee, beer, or whiskey. We can talk or just sit in silence and decompress. Again, thank you for sharing.

Dibs!

Yeah, that's the move!

I’ll be honest, hadn’t realized it wasn’t being kept up. Functional until this. Tapatalk going forward then?

I have used the Chaplain, MFLC, and military one source over my 20+ years. I have also known folks who have recovered from clinical depression who after a year of being stable successfully resumed flying. Thanks to the OP for bringing this up! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Touch yourself.

Amen brother....340 million people in this country and we are down to these two clowns.

These were valid options during the primary. Trump legitimately won his though.

Such an on the nose reminder of what people are capable of when the government bureaucracy gets taken out of the process. I don’t know what it was like in the ‘60s to watch the leaps and bounds that NASA made towards manned space flight on the way to the Lunar landings, but I feel immense pride in watching SpaceX demonstrate good old American ingenuity. I love the “chip on the shoulder” attitude that we’re gonna do something completely unheard of in the history of the world. And why, because F*** you, we can.