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A United States Osprey military aircraft crashed on a remote island north of Australia’s mainland while taking part in war games on Sunday, Australia’s Defence Department said. Officials confirmed the Osprey vertical takeoff aircraft had been carrying US “defence personnel”, with local media reporting that around 20... read full story
Photo: A U.S. Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey aircraft takes off after a rehearsal by special operations forces from Iraq, Jordan, and Lebanon as part of Eager Lion, a multinational military exercise in Zarqa, Jordan, on June 17, 2013. Three United States military personnel were taken to a hospital, one with critical injuries, after a U.S. aircraft crashed on a north Australian island Sunday, Aug. 27, 2023, during a multination military exercise, officials said. A Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft crashed on Melville Island during Exercise Predators Run, which involves the militaries of the United States, Australia, Indonesia, the Philippines and East Timor, the Australian Defense Department said.
