Seven Marines and four soldiers are missing after a US Army helicopter crashed during a night training exercise at Eglin Air Force Base in the Florida Panhandle.
Base officials said on Wednesday the Marines are part of a Camp Lejeune-based special operations group and the soldiers are from a Hammond, Louisiana-based National Guard unit.
Eglin spokesman Andy Bourland says the helicopter was reported missing about 8.30pm Tuesday and search and rescue crews found debris from the crash about 2am Wednesday.
The helicopter went down during a routine training mission on a remote swath of beach between Pensacola and Destin.
The beach is owned by the military and is used for test missions.
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