{"id":1390059,"date":"2022-03-19T17:41:37","date_gmt":"2022-03-19T21:41:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1390059"},"modified":"2022-03-19T20:44:58","modified_gmt":"2022-03-20T00:44:58","slug":"osprey-crash-kills-4-marines-during-nato-exercise-in-norway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/osprey-crash-kills-4-marines-during-nato-exercise-in-norway\/","title":{"rendered":"Osprey Crash Kills 4 Marines During NATO Exercise in Norway"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fosprey-crash-kills-4-marines-during-nato-exercise-in-norway%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1390059&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Four United States Marines were killed Friday during a NATO military exercise when the Osprey aircraft they were operating\u00a0crashed in Norway, according to the Norwegian Armed Forces. NATO\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nato.int\/cps\/en\/natohq\/news_192351.htm\">said<\/a> the drills were announced months ago and noted they were not tied to Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>The four Marines were aboard the Osprey\u00a0<span>MV-22B <\/span>during a training mission as part of Exercise Cold Response 2022 and were scheduled to land in Bod\u00f8 in northern Norway a little before 6 p.m., the Norwegian Armed forces <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forsvaret.no\/aktuelt-og-presse\/presse\/pressemeldinger\/osprey-ulykke\">said<\/a> in a press release. The crash occurred south of Bod\u00f8 in\u00a0Gr\u00e5t\u00e5dalen, Beiarn, in the Arctic Circle. Search and rescue efforts were conducted by Norwegian civil authorities,\u00a0II Marine Expeditionary Force <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iimefmarines\">noted<\/a> in a press release.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We can confirm an incident has occurred involving a Marine Corps MV-22B Osprey aircraft.<\/p>\n<p>The aircraft was conducting training in Norway as part of Exercise COLD RESPONSE 22 at the time of the incident.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 U.S. Marines (@USMC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/USMC\/status\/1504951811899338760?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 18, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Nordland police came across the wreckage at approximately 1:30 on Saturday morning, and it was determined that all four Marines had perished, Norwegian officials said.<\/p>\n<p>The crew was part of the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, II Marine Expeditionary Force of the U.S. Marine Corps, and \u201cbelonged to Camp Lejeune in the state of North Carolina,\u201d the release said.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>It is not clear what led to the crash, \u201cbut Norwegian police reported bad weather in the area,\u201d the Associated Press <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/news\/4-us-troops-die-in-norway-plane-crash-unrelated-to-ukraine\/\">noted<\/a>. Both Norwegian and American authorities are investigating the crash.<\/p>\n<p>Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr St\u00f8re <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jonasgahrstore\/status\/1505088870827843586\">confirmed<\/a> their deaths in a tweet.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is with great sadness we have recived [sic] the message that four American soldiers died in a plane crash last night,\u201d he said. \u201cThe soldiers participated in the NATO exercise Cold Response. Our deepest sympathies go to the soldiers\u2019 families, relatives and fellow soldiers in their unit.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It is with great sadness we have recived the message that four American soldiers died in a plane crash last night. The soldiers participated in the NATO exercise Cold Response. Our deepest sympathies go to the soldiers&#8217; families, relatives and fellow soldiers in their unit.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jonas Gahr St\u00f8re (@jonasgahrstore) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jonasgahrstore\/status\/1505088870827843586?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 19, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Marine Corps has not publicly confirmed the deaths, but\u00a0the\u00a0II Marine Expeditionary Force announced the four are now listed in \u201cDuty Status Whereabouts Unknown.\u201d Their identities will not be released until 24 hours after their next of kin have been notified.<\/p>\n<p>Exercise Cold Response 2022 involves some 30,000 troops from 27 countries in Europe and North America that are NATO allies or partners, NATO said. The exercises are being held in Norway and surrounding areas to test the troops\u2019 \u201cability to work together in cold weather conditions across Norway \u2013 on land, in the air and at sea,\u201d according to NATO. The exercises are scheduled to continue into April.<\/p>\n<p>Despite Friday\u2019s fatal crash, the Norwegian Armed Forces said the exercises \u201cwill carry on as planned, with the measures we have to take due to the weather,\u201d according to the Associated Press.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Four United States Marines were killed Friday during a NATO military exercise when the Osprey aircraft they were operating\u00a0crashed in Norway, according to the Norwegian Armed Forces. 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