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Nellis airmen killed in Afghanistan

Four Airmen were killed, including two from Nellis Air Force Base, and three were injured, all from Nellis, on Wednesday when their aircraft, a HH-60G Pavehawk helicopter, assigned to the 55th Rescue Squadron, at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., crashed in southeastern Afghanistan.

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