https://www.airforcemag.com/remains-...om-e-11-crash/
Crew Remains Recovered From E-11A Crash
Remains of the two crew members aboard the E-11A Battlefield Airborne Communications Node aircraft that
crashed this week in Afghanistan were recovered Jan. 28, a US defense official confirmed.
At first, Afghan special forces couldn’t reach the site of the crash—a snowy field in Ghazni Province north of the aircraft’s operating base of Kandahar Airfield. The site is in a Taliban-controlled area, and helicopters were unable to land shortly after the crash because insurgents were nearby,
The Washington Post reported.
US Forces-Afghanistan said in a statement following the crash there were no indications that hostile fire downed the manned plane.
A US defense official confirmed to
Air Force Magazine that two people were onboard the aircraft when it crashed, despite earlier reports that the E-11 was carrying more.
“The remains were found near the crash site, treated with dignity and respect by the local Afghan community, in accordance with their culture,” US Forces-Afghanistan said in a statement.
US forces also recovered the aircraft’s flight data recorder, then destroyed the rest of the aircraft, according to the statement. The E-11A is outfitted with a payload of sensitive equipment, the defense official said.
The Defense Department will release the names and service details of those who were killed in the crash once their families are informed..........