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    Seven peacekeepers, including five Americans, killed in helicopter crash in Egypt

    Seven peacekeepers, including five Americans, killed in helicopter crash in Egypt

    That would have been near South Camp. I did a tour there in 1988 with the 101st ABN.

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    Seven international peacekeepers, including five Americans, were killed and one American was injured in a helicopter crash in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula on Thursday, said officials.

    The peacekeepers all belong to the Multinational Force and Observers Mission, a Rome-based international peacekeeping force monitoring the Peninsula and created by both Egypt and Israel in 1979 when both nations signed a peace agreement.

    Besides the Americans, an Italian and a French team member were also killed in the incident, which the MFO described as a routine mission. An investigation is underway into the cause of the crash.



    The crash occurred in the southern Sinai Peninsula near the island of Tiran, according to an Israeli official. The MFO said it occurred near the vicinity of the Red Sea resort town of Sharm el-Sheikh. The five Americans were U.S. National Guardsmen, said the Israeli official.





    The American service member who survived was evacuated by the Egyptian military, the official said. The service member was transferred to an Israel Defense Forces aircraft near the Israeli city of Eilat for transport to a hospital.



    The Israeli Air Force had scrambled a Blackhawk helicopter with a search-and-rescue team to the site, but that mission turned back when it was learned there were no other survivors.
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    Instead of peace keepers they should send it social workers. They are better suited for that kind of work.

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    Quote Originally Posted by nathanbforrest45 View Post
    Instead of peace keepers they should send it social workers. They are better suited for that kind of work.
    They monitor the peace treaty between Egypt and Israel. It was a great tour.
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    They will be listed as Wuhu Deaths, Right? I mean at least the Americans.
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    Army identifies 5 soldiers killed in Sinai UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crash



    The Army Saturday morning identified the five soldiers killed Thursday in a helicopter crash while on a
    peacekeeping mission
    Capt. Seth Vernon Vandekamp, 31, from Katy, Texas, Chief Warrant Officer 3 Dallas Gearld Garza, 34, from Fayetteville, North Carolina, Chief Warrant Officer 2 Marwan Sameh Ghabour, 27, from Marlborough, Massachusetts, Staff Sgt. Kyle Robert McKee, 35, from Painesville, Ohio and Sgt. Jeremy Cain Sherman, 23, from Watseka, Illinois, were among seven killed when the helicopter crashed.


    A French and Czech service member were also killed in the crash, officials said.
    I believe that they were heading to or from an observation post on an island of the coast near the southern end of the Gulf of Aquaba.



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    Quote Originally Posted by Peter1469 View Post
    Army identifies 5 soldiers killed in Sinai UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crash





    I believe that they were heading to or from an observation post on an island of the coast near the southern end of the Gulf of Aquaba.



    Yep they were reporting on Local News that one was from Illinois. Watseka.
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