AmbiguousProps@lemmy.today to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 days ago2 Navy aviators dead after last week’s Growler crash near Mount Rainierwww.seattletimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up127arrow-down12
arrow-up125arrow-down1external-link2 Navy aviators dead after last week’s Growler crash near Mount Rainierwww.seattletimes.comAmbiguousProps@lemmy.today to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 days agomessage-square3fedilink
minus-squarestoly@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·edit-28 days agoI live in Seattle and have heard about this daily since it occurred. In no report has anyone described what a growler is. It seems odd to expect people to just know what that is. This article at least took the time to explain it.
minus-squareInverseParallax@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-27 days agoIt’s a navy f-18g, a fairly light fighter-bomber version heavily modified for electronic warfare like radar, jamming support, etc. Just in case anyone else was wondering.
I live in Seattle and have heard about this daily since it occurred. In no report has anyone described what a growler is. It seems odd to expect people to just know what that is.
This article at least took the time to explain it.
It’s a navy f-18g, a fairly light fighter-bomber version heavily modified for electronic warfare like radar, jamming support, etc.
Just in case anyone else was wondering.