Night Stalkers’ MH-60 crashes in Iraq; one U.S. service member killed

A MH-60 flown by the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment – Night Stalkers – has crashed in Iraq on Aug. 19 after conducting a partnered small-scale raid on Islamic State militants.

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Newsweek says there were ten people on board the helicopter at that time. The cause of the crash was due to a technical malfunction.

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