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GulfLander

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"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.
The aircraft was conducting a routine mission “providing intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance support at the request of our Philippine allies," the command said in a statement. It said the cause of the crash was under investigation."
 
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coolgod

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GulfLander said:
"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.
The aircraft was conducting a routine mission “providing intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance support at the request of our Philippine allies," the command said in a statement. It said the cause of the crash was under investigation."
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You can be sure the US will be the first to jump out and claim the crash had nothing to do with China ;)
 
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zyklon

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coolgod said:
You can be sure the US will be the first to jump out and claim the crash had nothing to do with China ;)
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The Beechcraft in question crashed in a part of the Philippines with a significant Muslim population and a history of Muslim insurgencies.

In all seriousness, it was most likely conducting ISR operations in support of one SOCOM task force or another when it was lost. Probably something with a CT mission set.
 
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