Seven Military Service Members Died This Week in Three U.S. Aviation Accidents
A total of seven service members died in three military aviation accidents this week in the U.S., according to ABC News.
On Friday, two soldiers were killed during a training flight of an Apache attack helicopter at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, ABC News reported . . .
In addition to the deaths that happened Friday, an F-16 crashed Thursday near Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada, killing Maj. Stephen Del Bagno, a member of the Air Force’s elite Thunderbirds flight-demonstration team, according to ABC News.
And on Tuesday, a Marine CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter crashed near El Centro, California, during a training flight. Four marines were killed: Capt. Samuel A. Schultz, 28; First Lt. Samuel D. Phillips, 27; Gunnery Sgt. Derik R. Holley, 33; and Lance Corp. Taylor J. Conrad, 24, the report states.
There were two additional aviation accidents in the east African nation of Djibouti, but there were no casualties, ABC News reported. (Read more from “Seven Military Service Members Died This Week in Three U.S. Aviation Accidents” HERE)
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