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There's some breaking news coming out of savannah, georgia right now where a u.s. military plane has crashed. take a look at this. you can see the smoke coming from the crash site. the u.s. air force says the plan is a wc-130, which is used for weather reconnaissance flights. the flight came from the 156th air wing in puerto rico. normally the plane carries a crew of five people. a witness says he heard a very strange noise around 10 to 15 seconds before the plane crashed. we're going to bring you much more on this breaking story as we get more information. stand by for that. >> another story ...

Air on siriusxm channel 450 and the local radio station. find out which one by longing on to bensonandharf.com. not the same as benson and hedges. i'm sure i'm not the only one who comes one that. thank you for being here. >> thank you. >> dana: fox news alert, two people are dead following the crash of a military cargo plane. lucas tomlinson standing by at the pentagon. horrible news. >> in the last few seconds the air force is now saying at least five people aboard the cargo plane were killed in a crash outside savannah, georgia, outside the savannah hilton head airport. this plane was actua...

One of the biggest differences between 1992 and today is the upgrade at the aircraft, the "w" c-130 j super hercules built by lockheed martin is the latest iteration of the aircraft. you can see the data t flight data as you're flying without ever having to look down. you can see it through that glass. it gets a little more power, climb time is also cut in half, so with that extra 20% power, you can get a lot of data collected. the other thing is a step frequency microwave radio -- meter. >> i was just going to say, when we think about, you know, looking at these images of irma, and i know you...

Croix but they were hit pretty good. that forward operating location, we pulled back to cure sou to fly the storms 24/7. >> colonel, thank you for telling us these are civilian airmen, from the air reserve. what actually do they do? are they in the c-130s? >> correct, we're flying the wc-130 j by lockheed martin. it's a fabulous aircraft. we have ten here on the ramp and our crew is five individuals and pilot and co-pilot and weather officer and navigator and load master. our job is to take off and fly to an altitude of 10,000 feet, penetrate the eyewall of the hurricane, drop at the request o...