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Five US military service members were killed after their aircraft crashed in the eastern Mediterranean Sea during a training mission Friday evening, officials said Sunday. The vessel went down during a “routine air refueling mission,” killing everyone on board, according to US European Command. “Search and rescue efforts began immediately, including nearby US military aircraft and ships,”

Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III confirmed on Sunday that five U.S. troops died in a Saturday helicopter crash during a training exercise over the Mediterranean. As defense continues to collect information about the crash, Austin noted that it is an important reminder that “brave men and women” put their lives on the line to defend the U.S. “They represent the best of America. We will

A 24-year-old Mankato native was among the five U.S. soldiers who died in a helicopter crash during a training exercise in the Mediterranean Sea Friday. Sgt. Cade Wolfe was a 2018 Mankato East High School graduate who was part of aerial refueling training Friday when the helicopter experienced a malfunction that led the helicopter to crash in the sea, according to the U.S. Department of

The Department of Defense announced the identities of the five U.S. Army special operations aviation soldiers who were killed in a helicopter crash on Friday in the Mediterranean Sea. The soldiers, who were assigned to the 1st Battalion, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne), were conducting routine flight training on an MH-60 Black Hawk helicopter when the aircraft experienced