WASHINGTON, March 5 (UPI) -- Six U.S. servicemen were evacuated to the USS Bataan after their UH-1N Huey crashed during a training exercise with the Kenya armed forces.
News of the crash, reported in a press release from CENTCOM on Monday, comes amid ongoing concern about the recent spate of U.S. military helicopter crashes since mid-January. Dozens of U.S. service members have died or been injured in U.S. aircraft downed by mechanical malfunction or enemy fire since the start of the year.
The U.S. Navy reported that two of the crew members from the UH-1N Huey were treated for non-life threatening injuries by medical personnel aboard the Bataan.
The cause of the crash is currently under investigation, CENTCOM said in the statement
The aircraft, from Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron -- 264 (Reinforced), 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, was participating in Exercise Edged Mallet, a bilateral military training exercise with the Kenyan military on Monday when the crash occurred near Manda Bay, Kenya.
