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A U.S. Marine Corps pilot based out of Marine Corps Air Station Miramar was killed and another was injured after their helicopter crashed during a training exercise in Imperial County on Thursday, military officials said Friday.
According to the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, 35-year-old Maj. Tyler R. Braconi was killed when an AH-1Z Viper experienced "an aviation mishap during routine operations near an unpopulated area of Imperial Gables, California." The crash happened around 7 p.m. on October 16.
Maj. Tyler R. Braconi, 35, was assigned to Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron based at Marine Corps Air Station Camp Pendleton.
A West Coast-based AH-1Z Viper attack helicopter crashed in a Southern California desert during a training flight on Thursday evening, the Marine Corps said. One pilot was taken to Pioneers Memorial Hospital in Brawley,