The remains of two aviators who died when their jet crashed during a training flight in Washington state last month will return home from Dover Air Force base in the coming days.
The remains of two aviators who died when their jet crashed during a training flight in Washington state last month will return home from Dover Air Force base in the coming days, the Navy said. The remains of Lt. Serena Wileman, a Sacramento native, were due to return on Monday, Whidbey Island Naval Air Station said. The remains of Lt. Cmdr. Lyndsay Evans, a Palmdale native, will return later during the week in a private affair in accordance with her family's wishes.
The cause of the crash is under investigation.Evans made history as part of a team of female pilots who conducted the first-ever all-female flyover of Super Bowl LVII on Feb. 12, 2023, to celebrate 50 years of women flying in the Navy. The first female candidates entered the U.S. Navy flight school in 1973.Wileman, a naval aviator, was commissioned in 2018 and joined the Zapper squadron on Washington state's Whidbey Island in 2021.
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