what remains Two US Navy aviators killed somehow EA-18G Growler They will return to their families from Dover Air Force Base after the crash on October 15.

Naval Air Station Whidbey Island (NASWI) confirmed to KOMO News the news of the remains of Lt. Cmdr. Lyndsay P. Evans and Lieutenant Serena N. Wileman will return this week.

Wileman’s body will arrive in Oak Harbor on Monday around 7 p.m. Wallin-Stucky Funeral Home will release information about plans for the public who wish to gather along Wileman’s return route, according to a NASWI spokesperson.

Evans’ remains are scheduled to arrive in Anacortes within the week. The spokesman said the arrival, at the request of his family, would be a “private event”.

“The families of both LT Wileman and LCDR Evans would like to express their gratitude for the kind support from the local and surrounding communities over the past weeks,” a spokesperson told KOMO News.

A few weeks ago, Navy aviators identified After Wileman and Evans died in a plane crash during a “routine training flight” near Mount Rainier.

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Evans was a naval flight officer and Wileman was a naval aviator. Both were 31 years old and from California.

Once the airmen are identified search and rescue efforts shifted to rescue operations. on October 16 Search teams found the wreckage of the plane “On a mountainside east of Mount Rainier,” according to Naval Air Station North Island.

Evans and Wileman were “two highly skilled, combat-decorated airmen who tragically lost their lives during a routine training flight,” NASWI said in a Facebook post.

President Joe Biden issued a statement regarding the deaths of two U.S. Navy airmen in October:

“Jill and I mourn the tragic loss of two naval aviators, Lieutenant Commander Lyndsay Evans and Lieutenant Serena Wileman, who were killed when their EA-18G Growler aircraft crashed during a routine training mission near Mount Rainier, Washington, last Tuesday. Our Nation’s finest and the Red Sea’ Prayers for their families, loved ones, and squadron mates in their efforts to find and rescue these two brave and talented young airmen who had recently returned to the United States after a long mission in the Middle East to defend against Houthi missile and drone attacks in the United States. “We do and will always honor their service and sacrifice.”

Evans and Wileman recently returned from a nine-month mission at sea with The Zappers as part of Carrier Air Wing Three aboard the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower, NASWI wrote.

NASWI said Evans coordinated and executed multiple combat strikes in Houthi-controlled areas in Yemen during their deployment. Wileman also planned and flew multiple attacks; This made each of them one of the few women to fly combat missions on the ground.