أفاد تقرير صادر عن وزارة الدفاع الأمريكية (بنتاجون) اليوم الجمعة، بسقوط أول قتيل من بين الجنود الأمريكيين المشاركين في المهمة العسكرية الأمريكية ضد تنظيم "داعش" الإرهابي التي بدأت قبل شهرين.
وكان جندي قوات مشاة البحرية الأمريكية قد افترض فقدانه في البحر بعد أن قفز أمس الخميس من على طائرة "أوسبري" مخصصة لنقل الجنود فوق مياه الخليج عندما فقد التحكم بالطائرة وكانت على وشك التحطم.
وقال المتحدث باسم البنتاجون جون كيربي في إيجاز صحفي إنه تم إنقاذ جنديا آخر قفز أيضا من الطائرة، معربا عن التعاطف مع أقارب الجندي الذي لقي حتفه.
وأضاف كيربي أن قائد الطائرة تمكن من استعادة السيطرة عليها والهبوط بأمان.
The Navy on Friday released the name of the first U.S. soldier to die in the war against ISIS.
Cpl. Jordan Spears, a 21-year-old Marine from Memphis, Ind., was "lost at sea," the Navy said in a statement, making him the first reported casualty for the U.S. military in the conflict.
"Our thoughts and prayers go out to the family obviously, and our focus is on making sure the family gets the care and support they need," Rear Adm. John Kirby, the Pentagon's spokesperson, told reporters Friday.
The Marine was one of four service members on board a plane that lost power Wednesday shortly after it took off from a U.S. ship stationed in the Persian Gulf. Spears and another crew member exited the aircraft when it appeared it would crash into the ocean. But the pilot was able to regain control of the plane and land it back onto the ship. The other crew member was safely recovered and is in stable condition, the Navy said.
"U.S. Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard personnel conducted an extensive search of the area using all available assets, which continued throughout the night of Oct. 1, and the next day," the Navy said, but they were unable to find Spears.
The service members are in the Gulf supporting U.S. operations in Iraq and Syria to battle the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, and they are also supporting the rest of U.S. Central Command.
The United States and its allies have launched more than 334 airstrikes against ISIS, and there are also approximately 1,600 American troops currently deployed to Iraq.
"The Osprey's crew was participating in flight operations in support of its current mission at the time of the mishap," the Navy said.
Kirby said Friday that "there is no question that this Marine's death is related to the operations that are going on in some form or fashion."
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