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Billows of smoke surround the site of a fatal military plane crash in Mississippi on July 10, 2017. Photo: Jimmy Taylor/Courtesy

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Marine Corps Aircraft Crashes, Killing 16

by Press on July 11, 2017

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Marine aircraft crash — Billows of smoke surround the site of a fatal military plane crash in Mississippi on July 10, 2017. Photo: Jimmy Taylor/Courtesy

LEFLORE COUNTY, Miss. –(ENEWSPF)–July 11, 2017. The Marine aircraft that crashed Monday evening was a KC-130T from Marine Aerial Refueling and Transport Squadron (VMGR) 452, Marine Air Group-49, 4th Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Forces Reserve. The flight originated from Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., as the squadron was supporting a requirement to…