US Military Aircraft Crashes in Eastern Mediterranean Sea
U.S. Strategic Command
On Friday, a U.S. military aircraft experienced a mishap during training operations in the eastern Mediterranean and subsequently went down. The U.S. European Command (EUCOM) has confirmed the incident but has not released further information about the personnel involved out of respect for their families.
The type of aircraft involved in the crash and its specific origin point have not been specified. This incident occurred during a period of heightened tension in the eastern Mediterranean, where the Pentagon deployed over 17,200 military personnel from the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps following the Israel-Hamas war.
Notably, the United States had dispatched the USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier and other warships to the region,
