The CH-53E helicopter carrying the Marines departed Creech Air Force Base in Indian Springs, Nevada on Feb. 6, 2024, and was headed back to Marine Corps Air Station Miramar when it crashed.

Nava, 28, was a CH-53E helicopter pilot from Traverse City, Mich. He was the longest tenured of the five fallen Marines. He was commissioned in May 2017 and promoted to captain in November 2021.

The CH-53E helicopter carrying the Marines departed Creech Air Force Base in Indian Springs, Nevada on Feb. 6, 2024, and was headed back to Marine Corps Air Station Miramar when it crashed.

They are clockwise from top left, pilot Capt. Jack Casey, pilot Capt. Miguel Nava, Lance Cpl. Donovan Davis, Sgt. Alec Langen, and Capt. Benjamin Moulton. (US Marine Corps) ...

Investigators say poor weather conditions were among the factors that led to the helicopter crash that killed five Marines in February 2024.

They are clockwise from top left, pilot Capt. Jack Casey, pilot Capt. Miguel Nava, Lance Cpl. Donovan Davis, Sgt. Alec Langen, and Capt. Benjamin Moulton. (US Marine Corps) ...

Documents released in the inquiry into the deadly midair collision over the Potomac River on Jan. 29 reveal new details about ...

The CH-53E helicopter carrying the Marines departed Creech Air Force Base in Indian Springs, Nevada on Feb. 6, 2024, and was headed back to Marine Corps Air Station Miramar when it crashed.