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IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 0181-08
March 05, 2008

DoD Identifies Air Force Casualty

            The Department of Defense announced today the death of an airman who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.
 
            Staff Sgt. Christopher S. Frost, 24, of Waukesha, Wis., died March 3 near Bayji, Iraq in a crash of an Iraqi Army Mi-17 helicopter. He was assigned to the 377th Air Base Wing, Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M.
 
            The circumstances surrounding the crash are under investigation.
 
            For more information related to this release, contact the Kirtland Air Force Base Public Affairs at (505) 846-7011.