6 US troops dead in helicopter crash in Egypt

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(AMERICAN MILITARY NEWS) – Six American troops are dead on Thursday along with two international officials in a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter crash off the coast of Egypt.

International peacekeeping mission Multinational Force and Observers confirmed the crash in a statement on Thursday, saying “eight uniformed MFO members were killed; six U.S. citizens, one French, and one Czech.”

One member of the force survived and was evacuated, MFO said.

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