Mother Nature is poised to unleash hurricane-force winds and
torrential downpours on MacDill AFB in the wee hours of Aug. 13
from Hurricane Charley. While most people at MacDill have battened
down the hatches and headed away from danger, the pilots and
meteorologists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration grabbed their gear to head directly into the
storm.
Navy Secretary Gordon England got a ride aboard a V-22 Osprey
Wednesday, proclaiming the tilt-rotor aircraft sound -- and beating
up the manufacturer on the price.
Two Marines were killed and three others were injured the night
of Aug. 11 when a CH-53 helicopter (file photo of type,
below) flying in support of security and stabilization
operations in Iraq's Anbar province crashed, according to the
Multinational Force in Iraq.
One US Marine is dead, 14 others hurt after a UH-60 Black Hawk
(file photo of type, below) went down in eastern Afghanistan.
In a statement from the military, officials said the injured
service members were taken to Forward Operating Base Salerno for
treatment. Four had injuries serious enough to require further
evacuation to the hospital at Bagram Air Field.
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