The two U.S. Army helicopters that crashed Thursday in Interior Alaska, killing three soldiers and injuring a fourth, collided over a rugged, mountainous area, and there were no weather issues or visibility problems at the time, an Army spokesperson said.
Two U.S. Army AH-64D Apache Longbow attack helicopters assigned to the 1st Battalion, 25th Aviation Regiment Attack Reconnaissance Battalion out of Fort Wainwright, Alaska, maneuver over Joint Base Elmendorf Richardson on July 10, 2020.
The two AH-64 Apache helicopters were returning to Fort Wainwright from an aerial gunnery range southeast of Fairbanks when they collided. A fourth soldier survived and remained hospitalized Sunday, said John Pennell, a spokesperson for the U.S. Army Alaska.
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