The Growler survived hundreds of missions shooting down drones only to be felled during a training mission back home.
The Growler crash is the latest in a long line of recent aviation mishaps for the U.S. military.
Many of the crashes involve new and technologically advanced aircraft like the V-22 and F-35.
A Growler coming in for a landing.© U.S. Navy photo.
Its unique design has caused problems.
Last year, the Pentagongroundedits entire fleet of V-22s following a high-profile crash in November that killed eight airmen.
In August of that year, another V-22 crashed in Australia and killed three Marines.
In 2022, a V-22 crash killed five Marines in Glamis, California.
In 2015, two Marines died during another accident involving the V-22.
The F-35,Americas trillion-dollar boondoggle, is also prone to crashing.
In September of 2023, one of the advanced fighter jets went missing in the skies over South Carolina.
The Pentagonbegged the publicto help find it.
The pilot had safely ejected but the jet was on autopilot.
The DoD laterfound the remainsof the thing two hours north of Charleston.
An F-35shot itselfin the skies over Arizona in 2021.
In 2022, people filmed an F-35crashing on a runwayin Fort Worth, Texas.
The same year, a software glitch caused one to crash in Utah.
More dramatic video from an aircraft carrier in 2022leaked onlineshowing one crash as it came in for a landing.
The list of F-35 and V-22 accidents goes on, thats just a small sampling.
The Growler, by contrast, has a pretty spotless record.
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