The crash of the fighter returning from the Red Sea in Washington

According to RCO News Agency, the EA-18G Growler fighter of the US Navy, which is an electronic attack aircraft and is part of the F/A-18 aircraft family, crashed during a training flight.

The US Navy announced in a statement on Tuesday evening local time: “As of 7:00 p.m. on October 15, the condition of the 2 crew members of this aircraft is unknown.”

More information will be released when it becomes available, the statement said.

The aircraft belongs to Electronic Attack Squadron 130, also known as VAQ-130, and is based at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Washington. The nickname of this squadron is “Zapper”.

The US Navy says it is the oldest electronic warfare squadron in the Navy.

The cause of the crash of this fighter is under investigation.

The squadron returned in July from a combat deployment aboard the aircraft carrier Eisenhower in the southern Red Sea, Bab al-Mandab Strait and Gulf of Aden, according to the US Navy.

The first Growler experimental aircraft went into production in 2004 and made its first flight in 2006.

This plane is made by Boeing and the cost of each plane is 67 million dollars.

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