Prowler crash

All three were young, 2 of them under 30. I know Naval Aviators and NFOs can be flying in the fleet only a couple years after graduating college but man, seeing it in print after something like this hits home.
 
///AMG said:
They very frequently fly with only 3 crewmembers, ie 1 pilot and 2 ECMO's. I'm not one to speculate, but it wouldn't be surprised if that was the entire crew.
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At the RAG the training flights are generally divided between front seat hops and back seat hops. VR/IR routes are generally front seat training, so they normally have a 3 man crew unless the flight ends up on an EW range, then they'll add a NFO instructor to the back cockpit. I went through VAQ-129 in 1992 and lost two of my classmates and an instructor in a mishap in El Centro. It never gets easier.

RIP to my fellow Vikings.
 
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