Four Killed In U.S. Marine Corps MV-22B Osprey Training Incident In Norway

Norwegian search and rescue located the wreckage of the U.S. Marine Corps MV-22B that went down during a NATO cold weather exercise Friday night, the Corps said.

Kimberly Johnson

Saturday, March 19, 2022 at 09:47 AM ET

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A MV-22B Osprey from the Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 774, Naval Air Station Norfolk, Virginia, prepares to land on the flightline at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi in 2020. [Courtesy: Kessler Air Force Base]

Key Takeaways:

A U.S. Marine Corps MV-22B Osprey crashed in Norway during NATO's "Cold Response 22" cold weather training exercise.
All four service members aboard the tilt-rotor aircraft were killed in the incident.
The crash is under investigation by U.S. and Norwegian officials.
The annual "Cold Response 22" exercise, involving 30,000 troops from 27 countries, was pre-planned and is not linked to the conflict in Ukraine.

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A U.S. Marine Corps MV-22B Osprey participating in NATO cold weather training exercise in Norway has gone down, killing four service members on board, the country’s prime minister said Saturday morning.

“It is with great sadness we have received the message that four American soldiers died in a plane crash last night,” Norway Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store said in a statement posted on social media. “The soldiers participated in the NATO exercise Cold Response. Our deepest sympathies go to the soldiers’ families, relatives, and fellow soldiers in their unit.”