BREAKING NEWS: 7 Marines, 4 Soldiers Missing After Helicopter Crashes During Training Exercise at Eglin AFB
Matt BosterViewed: 6399
Posted by: Matt Boster
Date: Mar 11 2015 8:06 AM
According to (WMBB): Search and rescue efforts are underway in the Panhandle after a helicopter crashes just east of the Navarre bridge during a training exercise at Eglin Airforce Base.
Eglin Air Force base officials say the helicopter was reported missing at 8:30 last night and debris was located at about 2 o'clock this morning.
Two UH-60 Black Hawk aircraft from the Army National Guard assigned to the Hammond, Louisiana Army National Guard were participating in a training exercise overnight.
One aircraft with four aircrew and seven Marines assigned to Came LaJeune, North Carolina, was involved in an accident ear Eglin range site A-17, easte of the Navarre Bridge.
Seven marines and four soldiers are reported missing at this time.
Click HERE to Follow this story as it unfolds.
<- back