Missing Marines declared dead and identities released days after aircraft is found

Three missing United States Marines were officially declared dead and their identities were released on Monday, two days after their aircraft crashed into the water off eastern Australia. They were named as Lt. Benjamin R. Cross, 26, of Oxford, Me.; Cpl. Nathaniel F. Ordway, 21, of Sedgwick, Kan.; and Pfc. Ruben P. Velasco, 19, of Los […]

Wreckage of Downed Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey Found Under Water Near Australia

The submerged wreckage of a U.S. military aircraft was found on Monday, two days after it crashed into the sea off the east coast of Australia and left three U.S. Marines presumed dead, Australia’s defense minister said. An Australian navy ship arrived in Shoalwater Bay in Queensland state Sunday night to help the U.S. military […]

Search called off for 3 US Marines who crashed off Australia

SYDNEY (AP) — U.S. military officials called off a search and rescue operation on Sunday for three U.S. Marines who were missing after their Osprey aircraft crashed into the sea off the east coast of Australia while trying to land. The U.S. Navy and Marine Corps suspended the rescue operation and launched a recovery effort […]

Breaking: US Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey Crashes – 3 Missing

Three Marines are missing after their MV-22 Osprey crashed in the ocean off the coast of Australia. There were 26 personnel on-board the aircraft at the time of the incident. Twenty-three of the 26 personnel aboard the Osprey heli-plane, also known as a tilt-rotor, have been rescued. The aircraft had launched from the USS Bonhomme […]

US Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey aircraft involved in a ‘mishap’ off the coast of Australia, search is underway for missing Marines

Queensland, Australia- A US Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey aircraft was involved in a “mishap” off the Australian coast at 4:00 pm local time according to the III Marine Expeditionary Force based in Okinawa, Japan. Additionally in their statement, 23 of the 26 Marines on board have been rescued. Australia’s defense minister confirmed no Australian Defense Force personnel were […]

Australia details ‘sophisticated’ plot by ISIS to take down plane

SYDNEY, Australia — The Australian police described on Friday an elaborate terrorist plot in which two men from Sydney tried to place an explosive supplied by the Islamic State on a flight last month, an operation that officials said was among “the most sophisticated plots that has ever been attempted on Australian soil.” The two […]

Former U.S. diplomat again found liable for sexually enslaving a housekeeper

A former U.S. diplomat has for the second time been found liable for enslaving and sexually trafficking a housekeeper while posted at the U.S. Embassy in Yemen. A jury in federal court in Alexandria, Va., agreed Monday that the former envoy, Linda Howard, and her Australian husband, Russell Howard, forced an Ethio­pian maid into sexual […]

Police disrupted a plot in Australia to ‘bring down an airplane’

Police disrupted a terrorist plot to bring down an airplane and arrested four men on Saturday in raids on homes in several Sydney suburbs, the prime minister said on Sunday. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said security had been increased at Sydney Airport since Thursday because of the plot. The increased security measures had been extended […]