Five Marines Confirmed Dead In CA Helicopter Crash

CNN reports:

The five Marines aboard a helicopter that went down in remote, snow-covered woods Tuesday night are dead, a US military spokesperson said Thursday. The CH-53E helicopter was found near Pine Valley, California, in the Cleveland National Forest. The cause of the crash is under investigation.

The Marines were on a training flight aboard a CH-53E Super Stallion on Tuesday night – flying from Creech Air Force base near Las Vegas to Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in San Diego – but they eventually were “reported overdue,” a Marine Corps unit said Wednesday.

The CH-53E is a heavy-lift helicopter that can move troops and equipment and carry as much as 16 tons of cargo, according to the US Navy.

Read the full article. The cult, predictably, is already blaming the crash on Pentagon diversity efforts.

BREAKING: Five missing Marines confirmed dead more than 24 hours after their helicopter crashed, U.S. Marine Corps says. https://t.co/UXEGjbV5o1 pic.twitter.com/jrtkfAO94C

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