The U.S. Army confirms that 5 soldiers were killed in the Sinai helicopter crash

The US military has confirmed the five soldiers killed in Egypt on Thursday when their Black Hawk helicopter crashed due to obvious mechanical failure. These soldiers are members of the international peacekeeping force stationed in the Sinai Peninsula and are responsible for overseeing the 1978 peace treaty between Egypt and Israel. The victims of

include: 31-year-old Captain Seth Vernon Vanderkamp, ​​an Army doctor from Katie, Texas; 34-year-old Chief Warrant Officer Dallas Gill from Fayetteville, North Carolina De Garza; 2 Chief Warrant Officer Mawan Same Garbo, 27 years old, from Marlborough, Massachusetts; 35-year-old Sergeant Kyle Robert McGee, from Painesville, Ohio ; And Jeremy Kane Sherman, 23 years old, from Waseca, Illinois.

Since Israel handed over the peninsula to Egypt in 1981, the Multinational Force Observer (MFO) has been stationed on the Sinai Peninsula as part of the 1978 peace treaty between the two countries. The American portion of the force is called Task Force Sinai, and currently has 452 active servicemen, which are part of the 1,145 peacekeepers implementing the treaty.

A Czech soldier and a French soldier were also killed in the plane crash on Thursday. Another American soldier was injured and was sent to an Israeli hospital for treatment after medical treatment.

This UH-60 helicopter crashed on Tirian Island, east of the Sinai Peninsula. The cause of the crash is still under investigation, but the Multinational Force Observer (MFO) said in a statement on Thursday that all indications are that it is "mechanical"

Task Force Sinai Commander David S. Center Colonel Al said: "We mourn this tragic loss of life with deep sorrow." At this most difficult time, we joined our family, friends and loved ones in praying for them. They should know that their country will respect their sacrifice. The headquarters of the

Multinational Force Observer (MFO) is located in Rome. Most of the personnel are operating outside the southern camp in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, while the northern frontline base of operations is located near El Golan, Egypt.

Sinai is connected to Africa. And Asia’s triangular peninsula, covering an area of ​​61,000 square kilometers (23,500 square miles). The Suez Bay and Suez Canal on the west, the Gulf of Aqaba and the Negev Desert on the east, the Mediterranean Sea on the north, and the Red Sea on the south. The widest east-west is about 210 kilometers. (130 miles), the longest north-south is about 385 kilometers (240 miles). The vast dry area on the

peninsula is called the Sinai Desert. The eastern desert is separated from the Gulf of Suez and the Canal to the west, and the Negev Desert is connected to the east. There is no significant change on the above. The Sinai Peninsula is usually considered to belong to Asia, located at the northeastern tip of Egypt, and connected to Israel and the Gaza Strip to the east.

was occupied by the Israeli army during the 1967 Israel-Arab war, but in 1982 it was based on the 1979 peace The treaty was returned to Egypt.