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| | Osprey Deaths |
 | | The four Ospreys, including the one that crashed, were based in Yuma and another is based at the Marine Corps Air Station, New River, N.C. Both the Osprey's co-pilots had extensive flying experience. |
 | | JACKSONVILLE, North Carolina (CNN)-- Four Marines were killed Monday night in the crash of a V-22 Osprey tilt rotor aircraft that went down in a heavily wooded area near the Camp Lejeune Marine base in southeastern North Carolina, the Marine Corps told CNN. |
 | | Shortly after the second crash in North Carolina, on January 18, 2001, the Commandant of the Marine Corps, General James Jones, revealed that the Osprey's test unit commander had been relieved of duty and that an investigation was underway to address claims that the commander ordered his maintenance personnel to lie about the aircraft's safety. |
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