SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — A military aircraft carrying a crew of two pilots stationed at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar experienced an “aviation mishap” Thursday near an unpopulated area of Imperial Gables, California, located near the CA-Arizona border.
Both servicemembers were taken to separate hospitals where one died and the other is in stable condition, military officials said in a news release Friday.
The incident happened during routine operations around 7:05 p.m., when the AH-1Z Viper, assigned to Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron (HMLA) 369, Marine Aircraft Group 39, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, experienced an aviation mishap in Imperial Gables…