Six airmen die in helicopter crash

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  • By Jim Garamone
  • American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON (AFPN) --  An Air Force HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter crashed near Ghazni, Afghanistan, on March 23, killing all aboard, said Combined Joint Task Force 180 officials at Bagram Air Base.

Six airmen died in the crash, task force spokesman Army Col. Roger King said. Names of the dead are being withheld pending notification of next of kin. Enemy fire was not a factor in the crash, officials said.

The helicopter crew was on its way to evacuate two Afghan children for medical treatment in the U.S. facilities at Bagram, King said. One child has a head injury, the other an eye injury. Both children arrived safely in Bagram on March 24, he said.