The aircraft was a KC-130, one of the most extensively used planes in the military.
The planes can be modified for various uses including carrying cargo, transporting troops or carrying out inflight refueling.
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Secretary of the Interior and Navy SEAL Ryan Zinke tweeted his condolences saying: “Please join me in praying for or sending good thoughts to the families and unit of the Marines we lost tonight in the C 130 crash.”
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