An EA-18G Groler jet belonging to the Electronic Attack Squadron crashed east of Mount Rainier on Tuesday afternoon, according to Naval Air Station Whidbey.
Search teams, including a US Navy MH60S helicopter, immediately set off from the base to search for the plane’s crew at the crash site.
Officials announced that the bodies of the two pilots were found with the help of soldiers from the Army Special Forces, trained in… mountaineering And rescue.
The wreckage was located on Wednesday by an air crew who was located at an altitude of about 6,000 feet (about 1,828 meters) in a remote, steep, wooded area east of Mount Rainier.
Commander of the Electronic Attack Wing of the US Pacific Fleet, David Ganci, said Thursday that locating the missing pilots “as quickly and safely as possible” was their priority.