All four US servicemen who were aboard the jet that crashed in northern Norway are all dead. “It is with great sadness that we received the news that four American servicemen were killed in a plane crash last night,” he wrote. Jonas Gahr store on his Twitter account.
It is with great sadness that we received the news that four American soldiers were killed in a plane crash last night. The soldiers took part in the NATO exercise Cold Response. Our deepest sympathy goes to the families, relatives and comrades of the soldiers in their unit.
– Jonas Gahr Store (@jonasgahrstore) March 19, 2022
He was taking part in the NATO exercise, which was going on these days and started on March 14 last year, but it crashed. The aircraft took part in the manoeuvres cold answer as communicated on Center for Coordination of Assistance (Jrcc) Norwegian, quoted from Reuters online. The Marine Corps V-22 Osprey was due to land at around 7 p.m. Italian time but was lost sight of just before 6.30 p.m. The plane “hit the ground” while there was inclement weather in the area.
You take part in the exercise 30,000 soldiers from more than 25 countries in Europe and North America. This includes 200 aircraft and 50 ships. The exercise in NATO member Norway, which shares nearly 200 kilometers of land border with Russia, will take place a few hundred kilometers from the Russian border and was planned well before Moscow invaded Ukraine. The Norwegian Armed Forces claimed, “detailed information “to the Russians, and to the Moscow Defense Ministry, which said it was “vital to prevent unnecessary misunderstandings and conflicts.” The exercise, which takes place every two years, is expected to end on April 1st. The Italian armed forces are present with the aircraft carrier cruiser Giuseppe Garibaldi. The naval unit, which set sail from Narvik Harbour, Norway, on March 12, will play a central role in the exercise.