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Monday, October 06, 2014

First U.S. soldier killed in fight against ISIS is marine presumed lost at sea after flight mishap

A U.S. Marine who went into the sea from a V-22 Osprey during a flight mishap over the northern Gulf this week is the first American to be killed in U.S. military operations against the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria.

Corporal Jordan Spears, 21, of Memphis, Indiana, was a crewman aboard a V-22 tilt-rotor aircraft flying off the USS Makin Island and went into the sea when the aircraft lost power shortly after takeoff, the Navy said on Friday.

The V-22 descended to the surface of the ocean during the mishap on Wednesday.

Spears and a second air crewmen went into the water when it appeared the tilt-rotor aircraft was about to crash, but the two pilots were able to regain control of the craft and landed it safely back on board the Makin Island.

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3 comments:

Anonymous said...

The Marine deserves a medal for lightening the load....

SemperFi - hope it s a rescue effort instead of a recovery!

Anonymous said...

Those V22 Ospreys have had a high crash rate yet government still forces Marine Corp to use them

Anonymous said...

They don't have a high crash rate. This Osprey didn't crash either.