The fighter jet, assigned to Electronic Attack Squadron 130, crashed east of Mount Rainier on Tuesday.
The Navy's fierce and ongoing battle to stop Iran-backed Houthi attacks in the Red Sea began with the USS Carney a year ago, on Oct. 19, 2023.
The search continued late Thursday for the aviators whose jet crashed in remote terrain Tuesday, the Navy said.
Theodore Roosevelt was diverted from the West Pacific to the Middle East this summer as war threatened to erupt between Iran and Israel.
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