Marine Corps identifies troops lost in California helicopter crash

Micaela Burrow

Investigative Reporter, Defense

Daily Caller News Foundation

The Marine Corps identified the five crew members declared dead after a helicopter crash in a statement Friday, Feb. 9.

The five Marines – three captains, a sergeant and a lance corporal – were flying a CH-53 Super Stallion heavy-lift helicopter from Creech Air Force Base in Clark County, Nevada, to California when the aircraft went down near Pine Valley, California. While an investigation is ongoing into the crash, the unit, known as the Flying Tigers, identified the fallen troops in an emailed statement.

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