The Pave Hawk HH60 helicopter from RAF Lakenheath was on a training mission and crashed at the north end of East Bank on the Norfolk Wildlife Trust Cley Marshes Nature Reserve at around 7pm on Tuesday evening. The four occupants in the helicopter died on the spot.
Details of the deceased will not be released until next of kin have been informed.
However it has now been confirmed that nobody from the surrounding area has been injured.
The crash site, which lies to the west of East Bank in marshland, was cordoned off on Wednesday for the safety of those working to investigate the crash and recover the wreckage.
A second helicopter from RAF Lakenheath which landed on the marshes shortly after the crash also remains at the scene.
Chief Superintendent Bob Scully from Norfolk Constabulary, said "In order to carry out a thorough investigation in a safe manner, the area will remain cordoned off with no access for the general public. We will be working with our partners at the Ministry of Defence, Air Accident Investigation Branch and US Air Force to gather all evidence from the scene and then recover the aircraft".
"This is difficult terrain with marshland and tides coupled with wreckage containing munitions covering a large area. We must undertake this investigation and recovery operation in a careful and methodical way so we can provide answers as to why this crash happened. The popular activities of walking and bird-watching in this area will therefore be restricted until we have completed these tasks and ensured the marshes are safe."
Investigators from the police and other partners have visited the crash site to assess the scene.
A statement from the US Air Force said "US Air Force HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter crashed at about 6pm today near Salthouse on the Norfolk coast. The aircraft, assigned to the 48th Fighter Wing, was on a low-level training mission when the crash occurred."
The $40.1m Pave Hawk is 64ft long and can travel at speeds of up to 184mph (159 knots).
The crash comes weeks after a police helicopter crashed into the Clutha Pub in Glasgow on 30 November, killing 10 people.
An evening of revelry on pay day at Glasgow turned into a horrifying inferno when a police helicopter crashed into a busy pub "like a stone from the sky".
The deaths included three people inside the helicopter and people inside the pub.
Thirty-two people were taken to hospitals across Glasgow.
The helicopter - a Eurocopter EC135 T2 - came down on the roof of the packed Clutha Vaults pub at around 22.25 on Friday night.
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