Lexington grad, elite naval aviator creates a rumble on trip home

The rumble that rattled windows across Lexington on Friday and Sunday was not Santa doing a test run of some really souped-up reindeer.It was Lt. Laura Combs, 25, a naval flight officer who grew up in Lexington and is one of an elite group of women in naval aviation.She was navigating an EA-18G Growler — a new plane that jams enemy radar. Combs flew home with Lt. Cmdr. Robert Scott, a pilot from Virginia Beach.Flight crews are allotted a number of

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