Coastguard plane circles over area, with 2 crew pulled out of water and taken to hospital...

They'd been flying a Boeing Growler electronic warfare jet...

Glad the flight personnel will be ok

Boeing...

What’s going on? Are the pilots texting on the internet during flight pre check?

We didn’t talk about the one in the Philippines (sp) the other day. One Marine and a few contractors deceased. They were doing almost exactly what I used to do.

This one hits close to home. Sad

EA-18 Crash

Good on the civilian crew who got to/rescued them so quickly.

Plus #1.

Sgt Durham. He was actually a student of mine several years ago. Bright kid. RIP Brother.

Hate to hear that. It makes it tough when it’s friends and colleagues

Isn’t there a carrier off the coast of Cali right now?

Glad everyone is ok... Growler... meh. Should have kept the EA-6B.

(Old Swabbie here yelling at clouds...) .

There’s a blast from the past, as a kid I lived in base housing at Whidbey Naval Base home of VAQ133 an EA6B squadron my stepdad was a technician of some sort for. Was always on the enterprise when sailing.

TBF, the Growler is technically the superior package - more advanced avionics/electronics of course, easier to fly, and only requires 2 aircrew vs 4. But it's a F/A-18 variant... yuck lol.

But the EA6B (and A-6 it was based off) was an engineeriing marvel for it's day, for sure.

Tadpoles rock!

The A-6, the plane with the pointy end at the back.

My father flew the A-6 in vietnam, wild how low those things would fly. Havent thought about those planes in a long time