The Navy has identified the two crew members killed when their jet fighter crashed near Mount Rainier last week as two 31-year-old female aviators from California.

The Navy said two combat-experienced aviators who died when their jet fighter crashed in Washington state last week were trailblazers and role models whose influence touched countless people at their home base and beyond.

On Monday, two Navy aviators who died after their aircraft crashed near Mount Rainier were identified by the Navy.