A memorial service is being held today for the four airmen who were killed in a plane crash in Africa.
A plane carrying the bodies of Capt. Ryan P. Hall, Capt. Nicholas S. Whitlock, 1st Lt. Justin J. Wilkens and Senior Airman Julian S. Scholten landed at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware yesterday.
The four men were killed February 18 when their U-28A single engine aircraft crashed near Camp Lemonnier in Djibouri, Afria. The Special Operations team members were returning from a mission in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.
The U-28A is a single engine, manned fixed wing aircraft developed around the Pilatus PC-12 airframe that provides intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities in support of special operations forces.
The cause of the crash is unknown at this time.
The memorial service started at 10 a.m.
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