Military Plane Crashes at Fort Bragg Killing One
A UPI report says a C-130 Hercules cargo aircraft crashed during a training exercise at Fort Bragg near Fayetteville North Carolina. Seven people were aboard. one was killed and six were injured. Crew were taken to Womack Army Hospital.
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Womack Army Hospital
Planes join effort for Leland search in Ethiopia
Two U S military C 130 cargo planes join a vast air search for Rep Mickey Leland and 13 others after their twin engine plane disappeared Monday in storms over rugged highlands en route to Fugnndo refugee camp. A C 141 Starlifter with medevac specialists is in Addis Ababa with spare parts for the search fleet. High altitude U 2 and four helicopters will join, but no beacon signal was received from the missing Twin Otter.
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Mickey Leland
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Fugnndo
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Ethiopia
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Addis Ababa
Haley
Washington
Weather aids Western fires calms blaze surge
A surge of rain cooler air and humidity slowed Western wildfires, with 25 major fires burning over 125000 acres mainly in the Pacific Northwest. Since Friday over 148000 acres were contained on more than 40 fires as Idaho remained hardest hit with about 108000 acres across 19 major fires. Fort Campbell helicopters and 1200 soldiers aided suppression in Idaho’s Payette and Boise forests where 36344 and 69327 acres burned respectively with thousands of firefighters deployed.
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