CDR Michael K. "Krash" Krasniewski, USNR (January 3, 1983 - July 2024)

Mike was born 3 January 1983 and is a 2003 graduate of the University of North Dakota with a BS in Aeronautics (Magna Cum Laude).  After serving as an Aircrew Survival Equipmentman (PR) at NAS Lemoore (2003-2006) he was commissioned and earned his Naval Aviator wings, serving as an Instructor Pilot in T-6B Primary Flight, Whiting FL and as a C-2 Plane Commander and IP in San Diego, CA.  While continuing in the Naval Reserve, Mike was a Delta Airlines Captain, joining Delta in 2021, and a civilian instructor in the T-45 with CNATRA.
Mike was on military leave flying the T-45 at NAS Kingsville when he was killed in a head-on auto accident. He leaves behind a wife and two teenage daughters - both daughters were in the car with him, one was severely injured.

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