Geri Buscarin

The Turkish Ministry of National Defense released the names of the 20 military personnel killed when their cargo plane crashed in Georgia's mountainous Kakheti region.

It had departed from nearby Azerbaijan and was headed to northern Turkey.

The dead include a father of three, a newlywed, and a soldier whose wife is expecting their first child.

The 57-year-old aircraft was a C-130 Hercules, built by Lockheed Martin.

It's a mainstay of air forces around the world, despite its age.

The manufacturer says it will assist with the investigation into the cause of the crash.

The crash is Turkey's deadliest military incident in five and a half years.

For NPR News, I'm Geri Buscarin.