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Air Force officer among four killed in crash
Posted: 02.20.2012 at 5:21 PM
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COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. (AP) -- The Defense Department says an Air Force officer from Colorado is among four people killed in the crash of military plane in Djibouti, Africa.

The military said Monday that 30-year-old Capt. Ryan P. Hall of Colorado Springs was killed Saturday when the U-28 aircraft crashed.

Hall was assigned to the 319th Special Operations Squadron at Hurlburt Field, Fla.

Also killed were 29-year-old Capt. Nicholas S. Whitlock of Newnan, Ga., 26-year-old 1st Lt. Justin J. Wilkens of Bend, Ore., and 26-year-old Senior Airman Julian S. Scholten of Upper Marlboro, Md.

The cause of the crash is under investigation.

(Copyright ©2012 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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