The U.S. Marine Corps has identified a Marine who was killed last week in a helicopter crash in Southern California.

Maj. Tyler R. Braconi, 35, an AH-1Z Viper helicopter pilot assigned to Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 369, Marine Aircraft Group 39, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, was killed when an AH-1Z Viper experienced an “aviation mishap” while conducting routine flight operations in support of the Weapons and Tactics Instructor Course, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing officials said in a release Monday.

The helicopter, carrying a crew of two pilots, was near an unpopulated area of Imperial Gables, California, at the time of the incident Thursday night, officials said Friday. One pilot was transported to Pioneers Memorial Hospital in Brawley, California, and was confirmed deceased, offic

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