CALIFORNIA – A U.S. Marine Corps pilot was killed and a second pilot hospitalized following a crash involving an AH-1Z Viper attack helicopter in a remote area of southeastern California, on Thursday evening, military officials confirmed.
The incident occurred around 7:05 p.m. on Oct. 16 near Imperial Gables in Imperial County.
The aircraft, assigned to Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 369 (HMLA-369) of the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, went down during what the Marines described as a “routine training flight” in support of the Weapons and Tactics Instructor Course…