Army grounds aviators for training after fatal crashes
Published Date: 4/29/2023
Source: WTVR CBS 6
The U.S. Army says it has grounded aviation units for training after deadly helicopter crashes in Alaska and Kentucky killed 12 in the past month. A U.S. Army team from Alabama has been making its way to the Alaska Interior to the investigate the midair collision between two AH-64 Apache helicopters. Three soldiers were killed and a fourth was injured Thursday. Much is still not publicly known about the crash in the remote interior of the state that’s 250 miles from Anchorage. The AH-64 Apache helicopters were from Fort Wainwright, based near Fairbanks. Thursday's deadly crash follows a crash last month in Kentucky that killed nine.