U.S. Contractor Surveillance Aircraft Crashes In Philippines

Metrea operates modified King Air aircraft for contracted surveillance missions.

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A contractor-owned, contractor-operated surveillance aircraft crashed while on a mission in the Philippines on Feb. 6, killing all four people on board, the U.S. military announced. Photographs of the wreckage circulating on social media show the aircraft was a Beechcraft King Air 300. The...
Brian Everstine

Brian Everstine is the Pentagon Editor for Aviation Week, based in Washington, D.C.

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