Army grounds aviation units for training after helicopter crashes

The Army has grounded aviation units for training following lethal helicopter crashes in Alaska and Kentucky. 

The army department mentioned Friday that the suspension of air operations was efficient instantly. 

Military spokesperson Lt. Col. Terence Kelley mentioned models have been grounded till they full coaching, in response to The Related Press. The coaching for active-duty models is slated to happen between Might 1-5, and Military Nationwide Guard and Reserve models could have till Might 31.

“The transfer grounds all Military aviators, besides these collaborating in essential missions, till they full the required coaching,” the Military mentioned in an announcement.

ARMY SENDS INVESTIGATORS AFTER FATAL ALASKA HELICOPTER CRASH

FILE – This photograph supplied by Fort Wainwright Public Affairs Workplace reveals a not too long ago put in new signal on the major entry level to U.S. Military Garrison Alaska Fort Wainwright on April 5, 2023, in Fairbanks, Alaska. (Eve Baker/Fort Wainwright Public Affairs Workplace, File)

The crashes killed 12 up to now month and two Army helicopters collided near Healy, Alaska, on Thursday – killing three and injuring a fourth. Their names weren’t instantly launched.

Navy investigators have been anticipated to reach on the crash website by Saturday.

Two army helicopters went down Thursday in Alaska after a coaching flight.   ((AP Graphic))

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This comes after 9 troopers have been killed in March when two U.S. Army Black Hawk medical evacuation helicopters crashed throughout routine night craning northeast of Fort Campbell, Kentucky.

On this photograph launched by the U.S. Military, AH-64D Apache Longbow assault helicopters from the first Assault Battalion, twenty fifth Aviation Regiment, fly over a mountain vary close to Fort Wainwright, Alaska, on June 3, 2019.  (Cameron Roxberry/U.S. Military by way of AP)

That crash additionally stays below investigation, however The Related Press mentioned the Military famous there’s “no indication of any sample between the 2 mishaps.”

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In February, two troopers have been harm when an Apache helicopter rolled after taking off from Talkeetna. It was touring to Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage from Fort Wainwright.

The Related Press contributed to this report.