An Air Force plane with “less than five onboard” crashed in eastern Afghanistan Monday, a U.S. military official told Fox News. It was not immediately clear if there were any survivors and officials said there are no indications that the plane – an E-11A – was shot down. The plane is the military version of the civilian Bombardier Global Express business jet. Local Afghan officials had said earlier on Monday that a passenger plane from Afghanistan's Ariana Airlines had crashed in a Taliban-held area of the province. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPThe war, however, has seen a number of deadly crashes of military aircraft.

Source: Fox News January 27, 2020 15:51 UTC