SAN DIEGO — A U.S. Marine Corps pilot was killed and another injured after an AH-1Z Viper helicopter crashed Thursday evening during a training mission near Imperial Gables, California, the Marine ...

The Marines have released the identity of the AH-1Z Viper pilot killed in a “mishap” Thursday in Southern California. Maj. Tyler R. Braconi, 35, from California, died in the evening incident in ...

Maj. Tyler R. Braconi was killed in an AH-1Z Viper helicopter crash in Southern California on Thursday. (U.S. Marine Corps) The U.S. Marine Corps has identified a Marine who was killed last week in a ...

Pilot error was the root cause of a helicopter crash that killed five Miramar-based Marines last year, according to a report released today by the Marine Corps. The ...

A Marine Corps AH-1Z Viper with Marine Light Helicopter Attack Squadron (HMLA) 369, Marine Aircraft Group 39, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, flies during the Marine Air-Ground Task Force demonstration for ...

The Marine Corps' report states that the chopper's pilot failed ``to maintain both a safe obstacle clearance and Visual Flight Rules (VFR) visibility requirements, resulting in a fatal controlled ...