Names Of The Spy Plane Crew
Here are the names, ranks and home of record of the 24 members of the crew of the EP-3E Aries II electronic surveillance plane that landed in China after colliding with a Chinese fighter jet.
The crew are members of Fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadron One, based at Whidbey Island Naval Air Station, Wash.
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| Ensign Richard Bensing | Brandon, Fla.| Aviation Electrician's Mate 3rd Class Steven Blocher | Charlotte, N.C. | Cryptologic Technician Seaman Bradford Borland | not listed | Aviation Electronics Technician 2nd Class David Cecka | Leavenworth, Wash. | Lt. (j.g.) John Comerford | Palos Verdes Estates, Calif. | Cryptologic Technician Operator 1st Class Shawn Coursen | Valdosta, Ga. | Cryptologic Technician Collection Seaman Jeremy Crandall | Poplar Grove, Ill. | Cryptologic Technician Interpretive 1st Class Josef Edmunds | Davis, Calif. | Cryptologic Technician Interpretive 2nd Class Brandon Funk | Showlow, Ariz. | Aviation Electronics Technician 2nd Class Scott Guidry | Satellite Beach, Fla. | Cryptologic Technician 2nd Class Jason Hanser | Billings, Mont. | Lt. Patrick Honeck | La Mesa, Calif. | Lt. (j.g.) Regina Kauffman | Warminster, Pa. | Aviation Machinist's Mate Senior Chief Nicholas Mellos | Ypsilanti, Mich. | Aviation Electronics Technician 2nd Class Ramon Mercado | Moreno Valley, Calif. | Lt. Shane Osborn | Norfolk, Neb. | Lt. (j.g.) Richard Payne | Cryptologic Technician 2nd Class Kenneth Richter | Staten Island, N.Y. | Lt. Marcia Sonon | Lenharstville, Pa. | Lt. (j.g.) Jeffery Vignery | Goodland, Kan. | Aviation Machinist 2nd Class Wendy Westbrook | Rock Creek, Ohio | Cryptologic Technician 3rd Class Rodney Young | Katy, Texas | MARINE CORPS | Sgt. Richard Pray | Geneseo, Ill. | AIR FORCE | Senior Airman Curtis Towne | Hayward, Calif. | |
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