Two US troops killed in Osprey crash in Morocco

Two troops were killed, and another two were taken to a
military medical facility in Guelmim Province, about 450 miles south of Rabat, according
to Reuters.

{mosads}Ford said the crash occurred during a training exercise with
a Marine expeditionary unit and the Moroccan military, The Associated Press
reported.

The Marines were in Morocco for an annual joint
U.S.-Moroccan military exercise called “African Lion.”

The Bell-Boeing V-22 Osprey is an aircraft that takes off
and lands like a helicopter and flies like a fixed-wing plane.

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