By Gidget Fuentes - Staff writer
Posted : Monday Sep 19, 2011 17:17:02 EDT
Posted : Monday Sep 19, 2011 17:17:02 EDT
Two Marine pilots died Monday when their AH-1W Super Cobra helicopter crashed at Camp Pendleton, Calif., the Marine Corps said in a statement.
The attack helicopter went down during a training flight at about 1 p.m. in a training area at the base, said 1st Lt. Maureen Dooley, a 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing spokeswoman.
AH-1W attack helicopters are crewed by a pilot and co-pilot. Camp Pendleton’s air station is home to five light-attack squadrons and a training squadron with Marine Aircraft Group 39, 3rd MAW.
The crash also sparked a brush fire that grew to 50 acres as of 4:30 p.m. local time, Camp Pendleton base officials said. Ground crews along with four air tankers and four helicopters were fighting the blaze, which was moving northeast, officials said.
An AH-1W Super Cobra preforming during the MAGTF at the 2007 MCAS Miramar Airshow.
(Photo by Sean Cameron)
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