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FILE - Mount Rainier is pictured Sept. 21, 2023, at Mount Rainier National Park, from Sunrise, Wash. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson, File)

FILE - Mount Rainier is pictured Sept. 21, 2023, at Mount Rainier National Park, from Sunrise, Wash. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson, File)

About 30 members of the U.S. Army's 1st Special Forces Group, Airborne Division meet for a search and rescue operation for the two missing Navy aviators on Friday, Oct. 18, 2024, near Goose Prairie, Yakima County, Wash. (Nick Wagner/The Seattle Times via AP)

About 30 members of the U.S. Army's 1st Special Forces Group, Airborne Division meet for a search and rescue operation for the two missing Navy aviators on Friday, Oct. 18, 2024, near Goose Prairie, Yakima County, Wash. (Nick Wagner/The Seattle Times via AP)

A U.S. Army Chinook helicopter lifts a cargo box out of Vagabond Army Heliport as it heads toward the site of the crashed Navy EA-18G Growler jet on Friday, Oct. 18, 2024, in Yakima, Wash. (Nick Wagner/The Seattle Times via AP)

A U.S. Army Chinook helicopter lifts a cargo box out of Vagabond Army Heliport as it heads toward the site of the crashed Navy EA-18G Growler jet on Friday, Oct. 18, 2024, in Yakima, Wash. (Nick Wagner/The Seattle Times via AP)

EA-18G Growlers, with some of San Juan Islands in the background, prepare for an exercise at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, March 10, 2016. (Ken Lambert/The Seattle Times via AP)

EA-18G Growlers, with some of San Juan Islands in the background, prepare for an exercise at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, March 10, 2016. (Ken Lambert/The Seattle Times via AP)

An EA-18G Growler engine's thrust with afterburner propels its takeoff with a loud roar from Naval Air Station Whidbey Island during an exercise, March 10, 2016. (Ken Lambert/The Seattle Times via AP)

An EA-18G Growler engine's thrust with afterburner propels its takeoff with a loud roar from Naval Air Station Whidbey Island during an exercise, March 10, 2016. (Ken Lambert/The Seattle Times via AP)

A U.S. Army helicopter continues searching for two missing aviators on Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024, near Goose Prairie, Yakima County, Wash., as the search continues for two fighter pilots whose EA-18G Growler jet crashed east of Mount Rainier. (Nick Wagner/The Seattle Times via AP)

A U.S. Army helicopter continues searching for two missing aviators on Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024, near Goose Prairie, Yakima County, Wash., as the search continues for two fighter pilots whose EA-18G Growler jet crashed east of Mount Rainier. (Nick Wagner/The Seattle Times via AP)

Fall colors begin to change around Bumping Lake as the search for two Naval aviators continues on Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024, near Goose Prairie, Wash. (Nick Wagner/The Seattle Times via AP)

Fall colors begin to change around Bumping Lake as the search for two Naval aviators continues on Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024, near Goose Prairie, Wash. (Nick Wagner/The Seattle Times via AP)

Crew members move boxes from a U.S. Army Chinook helicopter into a cargo container at Vagabond Army Heliport on Friday, Oct. 18, 2024, in Yakima, Wash. (Nick Wagner/The Seattle Times via AP)

Crew members move boxes from a U.S. Army Chinook helicopter into a cargo container at Vagabond Army Heliport on Friday, Oct. 18, 2024, in Yakima, Wash. (Nick Wagner/The Seattle Times via AP)

An EA-18G Growler takes off from Naval Air Station Whidbey Island during an exercise, March 10, 2016. (Ken Lambert/The Seattle Times via AP)

An EA-18G Growler takes off from Naval Air Station Whidbey Island during an exercise, March 10, 2016. (Ken Lambert/The Seattle Times via AP)

A U.S. Army Chinook helicopter lifts a cargo box out of Vagabond Army Heliport as it heads toward the site of the crashed Navy EA-18G Growler jet on Friday, Oct. 18, 2024, in Yakima, Wash. (Nick Wagner/The Seattle Times via AP)

A U.S. Army Chinook helicopter lifts a cargo box out of Vagabond Army Heliport as it heads toward the site of the crashed Navy EA-18G Growler jet on Friday, Oct. 18, 2024, in Yakima, Wash. (Nick Wagner/The Seattle Times via AP)

A U.S. Forest Service worker sits at a roadblock leading to the Twin Sisters Lakes trailhead as the search for two Navy aviators continues on Friday, Oct. 18, 2024, near Goose Prairie, Yakima County, Wash. (Nick Wagner/The Seattle Times via AP)

A U.S. Forest Service worker sits at a roadblock leading to the Twin Sisters Lakes trailhead as the search for two Navy aviators continues on Friday, Oct. 18, 2024, near Goose Prairie, Yakima County, Wash. (Nick Wagner/The Seattle Times via AP)