
WAUKESHA, Wis. — An airman from Wisconsin who was deployed to support security forces in Iraq died along with seven Iraqi air force members in a helicopter crash, military officials said March 5.
Staff Sgt. Christopher S. Frost, 24, of Waukesha, died March 3 near Bayji, Iraq, when the Iraqi army Mi-17 helicopter crashed, the Department of Defense said.
Frost was assigned to the 377th Air Base Wing out of Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M. He worked with the base’s public affairs office.
The other seven people on board were members of the Iraqi air force, according to a statement issued by Kirtland. There were no survivors.
The...