A US Marine Corps MV-22B Osprey based out of Marine Corps Air Field Kāneʻohe Bay crashed in Australia, with 23 Marines aboard on Sunday. The accident took the lives of three Marines, with five seriously injured, and the other 15 Marines treated on scene. The Osprey belonging to the VMM-363 “Red Lions”went down on Melville Island, during Exercise Predator’s Run 2023. The Osprey was carrying Marines from the 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment from Camp Pendleton, CA. Both units are also part of this year's Marine Rotational Force - Darwin.
Our thoughts and prayers go out to the families of the lost, and the injured and their families.
We thank them for their service and sacrifice.
Major Tobin Lewis, Pilot and Executive Officer
Captain Eleanor Lebeau, Pilot
Corporal Spencer Collart, Crew Chief
Further information in this Marine Corps press release, Marine Corps Times article, AviationSafety.net report, and this KHON2 News report.
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