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Article: National Guard, air force commanders killed in chopper crash

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Dateline: NICOSIA, Cyprus A helicopter crash in southwestern Cyprus Wednesday killed the commanders of the Cyprus National Guard and air force, the defense minister said.

The guard commander, Gen. Evangelos Florakis, and the air force commander, Wing Cmdr. Vassilis Dervenagas, were traveling together in the helicopter taking part in a night time exercise, Defense Minister Socrates Hassikos said at a news conference.

The helicopter's air force crew, Paris Athanasides and Michael Shakalis, and Florakis's aide de camp, Navy Cmdr. Nikos Georghiou, also were killed. There were no survivors and no other aircraft were involved.

The defense minister said it was too early to ...

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