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Wyoming Air National Guard member hurt in Iraq C-130 crash

By The Associated Press

Jun 10, 2020

U.S. Air Force Air Mobility Division personnel load retrograde cargo on to an U.S. Air National Guard C-130H Hercules at Forward Operating Base Farah in western Afghanistan, Oct. 20, 2013. The C-130H is deployed from the 153rd Airlift Wing, Wyoming ANG.

U.S. Air Force Air Mobility Division personnel load retrograde cargo on to an U.S. Air National Guard C-130H Hercules at Forward Operating Base Farah in western Afghanistan, Oct. 20, 2013. The C-130H is deployed from the 153rd Airlift Wing, Wyoming ANG. (Staff Sgt. Stephany D. Richards/Air Force)

CHEYENNE, Wyo. — A cargo plane crash in Iraq has injured a Wyoming Air National Guard member and three others.

The C-130 crewed by seven Wyoming Air National Guard members had 26 passengers on board when it overshot a runway and crashed into a wall Monday at Camp Taji north of Baghdad, according to Wyoming Military Department and U.S.-led coalition officials.

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The service members’ injuries were not life-threatening, and they are being treated at the base’s medical facility.

By Stephen Losey

The Wyoming Guard member’s condition wasn’t available but wasn’t life-threatening, Wyoming Military Department spokesman Rusty Ridley said Tuesday.

Three of the four hurt were released after treatment, Ridley added.

Though crewed by the Wyoming Air National Guard, the plane wasn’t among the Guard’s C-130s. U.S. military officials said they didn’t suspect hostile activity but were investigating.

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