A U.S. military aircraft crashed Friday night while taking part in a training operation in the Eastern Mediterranean, the Pentagon said. The aircraft 'suffered a mishap and went down,' U.S. European Command, which is responsible for U.S. military operations across Europe, portions of Asia and the Middle East, the Arctic and the Atlantic Ocean said in a statement on Saturday.
The cause is under investigation. 'Out of respect for the families affected, we will not release further information on the personnel involved at this time,' the statement said.The Defense Department sent additional U.S. forces to the Middle East in response to the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas militants on Israel. The USS Gerald R. Ford and its strike group were deployed to the Eastern Mediterranean in the days immediately after the attack. The USS Dwight D.
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