SAN DIEGO — The helicopter carrying five Marines that crashed during a storm in the mountains outside San Diego was a CH-53E Super Stallion designed to fly through bad weather, even at night.

The CH-53E Super Stallion was reported missing before authorities discovered it had crashed into a mountain near Pine Valley, California. The crash killed five Marines including Lance Cpl.

The recent crash of a Marine Corps CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter that killed five Marines took place amid the ongoing stand down of all military V-22 Ospreys. The result, say Marine aviation ...

The CH-53E Super Stallion is the largest and heaviest helicopter in the United States Military. On April 3, 2018, a CH-53E Super Stallion crashed in El Centro, killing four Marines on board.

FILE - A Marine CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter flies during training at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in San Diego, Feb. 6, 2024. A Marine Corps helicopter, like the one pictured, that ...

The CH-53E Super Stallion had been “reported overdue” en route late Tuesday from a base near Las Vegas to one in San Diego, the US Marine Corps said. Searchers early Wednesday combed difficult ...

The CH-53E Super Stallion-- the service's primary heavy-lift helicopter -- experienced an in-flight engine fire at 4:11 p.m. West Coast time. The aircraft "safely landed" in a landing zone on the ...

The aircraft — a CH53-E Super Stallion — experienced an engine fire at 4:11 p.m. Friday, prompting an emergency landing at Camp Pendleton, a Marine corps base near the 5 Freeway in scenic ...

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Five U.S. Marines aboard a helicopter that went down during stormy weather in the mountains outside of San Diego are confirmed dead, the military said Thursday. Authorities say ...