Three Marines and one Navy sailor were lost Thursday, and a
fifth injured, when their HH-1N Huey helicopter impacted terrain
during a training flight near Yuma, AZ.
The three naval aviators onboard an E-2C Hawkeye reconnaissance
plane that crashed Wednesday off the North Carolina coast have been
identified, after the US Navy and Coast Guard called off their
search for survivors on Friday.
Aero-News learned recently Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron
16, or MALS-16 -- based at California's Marine Corps Air Station
Miramar -- recently received the 2006 Secretary of Defense
Field-Level Maintenance Award.
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