US military surveillance flight crashes in Philippines, killing 4

Plane crash leaves 1 US service member, 3 contractors dead in the Philippines

An airplane crash in the Philippines left one U.S. military service member and three defense contractors dead on Thursday. In a Thursday press release, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command announced, “On February 6, 2025, an aircraft contracted by the U.S. Department of Defense crashed in the Philippine Province of Maguindanao del Sur.” Indo-Pacific Command noted that the contracted aircraft was being used to provide surveillance, reconnaissance, and intel…

Surveillance Plane Down Overseas, Marine and Three DOD Contractors Killed

Four people were killed Thursday when a surveillance plane crashed in the Philippines. The plane, which was chartered by the Department of Defense, crashed in the Philippine Province of Maguindanao […] The post Surveillance Plane Down Overseas, Marine and Three DOD Contractors Killed appeared first on The Western Journal.

Four Dead After US Military-Contracted Plane Crashes in Remote Area in Philippines

A tragic incident occurred Thursday when a US military-contracted plane met a catastrophic end in a remote rice field in the southern Philippines, claiming the lives of all four crew members on board. The aircraft, identified as a Beech King Air 300 with registration number N349CA, was confirmed by U.S. Embassy spokesperson Kanishka Gangopadhyay as being under contract with the U.S. military. Tim Ambolodto, head of the Maguindanao Provincial Dis…

Surveillance mission plane crashes in Philippines killing U.S. service member and 3 contractors

On Thursday, a tragic incident unfolded in the lush countryside of southern Philippines, where a U.S. military contracted aircraft met a catastrophic fate. This unfortunate event claimed the lives of one U.S. service member and three defense contractors when the plane crashed into a sprawling rice field, a scene now marked by devastation. The U.S. […]

US plane in Maguindanao del Sur crash was giving intel support

MANILA, Philippines — The United States’ Indo-Pacific Command (Indopacom) on Friday said the contracted plane involved in a crash in Maguindanao del Sur’s Ampatuan town was conducting intel support for the country. The tragedy killed four people. “The aircraft was providing intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance support at the request of our Philippine allies,” the Indopacom

US service member, 3 contractors killed in surveillance mission plane crash in Philippines

One U.S. service member and three defense contractors were killed Thursday when a plane contracted by the U.S. military crashed in a rice field in the southern Philippines, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command said.