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IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 283-10
April 10, 2010

DOD Identifies Air Force Casualties

                 The Department of Defense announced today the deaths of two airmen who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. They died April 9 near Kandahar, Afghanistan, in a crash of a CV-22 Osprey. They were assigned to the 8th Special Operations Squadron, Hurlburt Field, Fla.

                 Killed were:
 
                Maj. Randell D. Voas, 43, of Lakeville, Minn.
 
                Senior Master Sgt. James B. Lackey, 45, of Green Clove Springs, Fla.
 
                For further information, please contact the Hurlburt Field Public Affairs office at 850- 884-7464.