A Marine CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter, like the one shown in this file photo, was“ reported overdue” by Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in San Diego early Wednesday. - TNS
A heavy-lift helicopter with five Marines headed from Nevada to an air base in California Tuesday night has gone missing, authorities said early Wednesday morning. The helicopter, a CH-53E Super Stallion, had departed from Creech Air Force Base in Indian Springs, just outside Las Vegas, Nev. and it was bound to the Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, in San Diego, Calif., according to a statement from the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing. When the aircraft was reported “overdue” in the early hours of Wednesday, the Marines initiated a search for the missing chopper. The Super Stallion was last seen over...
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