5 injured in Osprey crash in Florida Panhandle

Published June 14, 2012 8:09pm ET



TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — All five airmen aboard an Air Force CV-22 Osprey were hospitalized after the tilt-rotor aircraft with a checkered safety record crashed in the Florida Panhandle, but none of the injuries were life-threatening, their commanding officer said Thursday.

The Osprey, which can take off and land like a helicopter but has wings for level flight, went down Wednesday shortly before sunset on a gunnery range on Eglin Air Force Base’s sprawling military reservation north of Navarre, said Col. Jim Slife, commander of the 1st Special Operations Wing at nearby Hurlburt Field.

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