2 Marines Killed in Morocco Crash

MV-22 Osprey goes down during training exercise
By Rob Quinn,  Newser Staff
Posted Apr 12, 2012 3:12 AM CDT
Updated Apr 12, 2012 3:30 AM CDT
Two US Marines Killed in Morocco Crash
The MV-22 Osprey takes off and lands like a helicopter and flies like an airplane.   (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Two US Marines have been killed and two severely injured in a plane crash during a training exercise in Morocco. Their MV-22 Osprey aircraft crashed in the desert after taking off from the amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima, a defense official tells AP. The men were among more than 1,000 Marines, soldiers, and airmen taking part in the annual African Lion military exercises alongside 900 Moroccan soldiers. (More US military stories.)

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