Three defense contractors and one U.S. military service member were killed Thursday in a plane crash in the Province of Maguindanao del Sur, Philippines. “The aircraft was providing intelligence, surveillance,

The plane was conducting intelligence and reconnaissance support “at the request of our Philippine allies,” according to the U.S. military.

A small aircraft chartered by the US armed forces with four people on board has crashed in the province of Maguindanao del Sur in the south of the Philippines. According to the Indo-Pacific Command of the US Armed Forces,