BREAKING: Search-and-rescue crews are looking for seven Marines and four soldiers after an Army helicopter crashed late Tuesday during a routine night training exercise in the Florida Panhandle.
Eglin Air Force Base spokesman Andy Bourland told the Associated Press that the helicopter was reported missing at around 8:30 p.m. local time and crews found debris from the crash at around 2 a.m. Wednesday.
Bourland said the names of those involved in the crash are being withheld pending notification of next-of-kin.
Base officials say the Marines are part of a special operations group based at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina, and the soldiers are from a Hammond, Louisiana-based National Guard unit.
The helicopter went down on a remote swath of beach between Pensacola and Destin. The beach is owned by the military and is used for test missions.
Bourland said the helicopter took off from Destin's airport and joined other aircraft in the exercise.
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