US Plane Hit in South Sudan, Americans Wounded

The U.S. military says unidentified gunmen have opened fire on at least one U.S. military plane involved in a rescue mission in South Sudan. The U.S. Africa Command says four U.S. service members were wounded during the incident on Saturday, which took place as the U.S. was trying to evacuate Americans from Bor, a city recently overrun by rebels. In a statement, the military says it aborted the mission after the plane came under fire and diverted the aircraft to an airfield outside...

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