SEATTLE — Four U.S. Army soldiers who were part of an elite team that does nighttime missions died when the MH-60 Black Hawk helicopter they were aboard crashed earlier this week near a military base in Washington state, Army officials said Friday.

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The U.S. Army is confirming the deaths of four special operations soldiers aboard a U.S. Army MH-60 Black Hawk helicopter that crashed near Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington state

The helicopter was on a routine training mission west of the base when it crashed at about 9 p.m. Wednesday

Officials said the soldiers were part of the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, Airborne

The regiment's mission is to organize, equip and employ Army special operations aviation forces around the world, according to the Ar

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