Eight years ago, nine airmen died in C-130 crash on HWY 21

PORT WENTWORTH, Ga. (WTOC) – On May 2, 2018, nine members of the 156th Airlift Wing Puerto Rico Air National Guard died in a plane crash on Highway 21 while heading to Arizona.

The Air National Guard C-130 cargo plane from Puerto Rico crashed near the intersection of Highway 21 and Crossgate Road.

Their mission, as WTOC has reported on, was to deliver the C-130 aircraft from Savannah to an Air Force base where it would be decommissioned…

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