WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich issued the following news release:
WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and members of the N.M. Congressional Delegation, including U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), and U.S. Representatives Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-N.M.), Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.), and Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.) sent a letter demanding answers from U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Secretary Pete Hegseth on the Department's involvement in and response to the tragic May 13, 2026, medical plane crash in Lincoln County, New Mexico.
Just before midnight on May 13, a Beechcraft King Air medical plane with a crew of four - two pilots and two flight nurses - took off from Roswell heading to Sierra Blanca Regional Airport i...