U.S. Air Force C-130H Overruns Runway And Smacks Into Wall At Camp Taji, Iraq

🇺🇸 USAF C130 Hercules crash in Iraq - per @OIRSpox 'A USAF C-130 landing at Camp Taji Airbase, Iraq overshot the runway and crashed into a wall resulting in structural damage and a small fire.'

Non-life threatening injuries sustained. Enemy activity not suspected. pic.twitter.com/gPAvAckOkG

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Air Force Times: Four injured as C-130H overruns runway at Iraq base

Four service members were injured Monday when a C-130H Hercules overran the runway while landing at Camp Taji, Iraq, and crashed into a wall, sparking a fire.

The service members’ injuries were not life-threatening, and they are being treated at the base’s medical facility, according to a release by Combined Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve.

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