2 Blackhawks down

[Cherokee_Cruiser]

2 Army Black Hawk helicopters crash in Kentucky

Two U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopters crashed during a training incident on Wednesday night in Trigg County, Kentucky, officials said in a statement.

abcnews.go.com

During a training incident, status of crew unknown. Doesn’t sound good

 

[fholbert]

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Two Army helicopters crashed Wednesday night in southwestern Kentucky during a routine training mission, causing “several” casualties, military officials said.

The two HH-60 Blackhawk helicopters, part of the 101st Airborne Division, crashed around 10 p.m. Wednesday in Trigg County, Kentucky, according to a statement from Fort Campbell.

The 101st Airborne confirmed the crash, saying on Twitter it resulted in “several casualties” but did not specify whether those were injuries or deaths.

“Right now our focus is on the Soldiers and their families who were involved,” it added.

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear had said earlier that fatalities were expected, adding that police and emergency officials were responding.

The crash is under investigation.

Casualties reported after Army helicopters crash in Kentucky

Two Blackhawk helicopters crashed during what the Army is calling a routine training mission, leaving several casualties.

www.newsnationnow.com

At least nine feared dead after two military helicopters crash in US' Kentucky

Two US Blackhawk helicopters crashed during a training incident in Kentucky on Wednesday, the Army base Fort Campbell said in a statement early Thursday.

www.republicworld.com

Date:	29-MAR-2023
Time:	c. 21:35
Type:	Sikorsky HH-60 Blackhawk
Owner/operator:	US Army
Registration:
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: / Occupants:
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:	near Fort Campbell, KY - United States of America
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Campbell Army Airfield, KY (HOP/KHOP
Destination airport:

Narrative:
Two US Army Sikorsky HH-60 Blackhawks, operated by the 101st Airborne Division, have collided near Highway 68, near Fort Campbell, Trigg County, Kentucky.
Reports state there are about nine casualties.

 

[///AMG]

Man that is ****tty. I know every military aviator spouse is (at least secretly) terrified of getting that knock on the door. Sounds like some probably got it tonight.

 

[dustoff17]

Prayers out to families. RIP brothers…….

 

[Lawman]

Man that is ****tty. I know every military aviator spouse is (at least secretly) terrified of getting that knock on the door. Sounds like some probably got it tonight.

Also the rest of us all trying to wait and find out if we lost any good friends.

Given where this was, probably just a routine progression flight out at Barkley Lake.


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[Pilot Fighter]

Also the rest of us all trying to wait and find out if we lost any good friends.

Given where this was, probably just a routine progression flight out at Barkley Lake.


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As my peers have aged, I have enjoyed a long period where I stopped being immediately concerned whether I might have lost a friend in a military aircraft crash.

That concern has been replaced with concern that a friend might have lost a son or daughter in a crash.

I’m waiting for names to be released.

 

[Lawman]

As my peers have aged, I have enjoyed a long period where I stopped being immediately concerned whether I might have lost a friend in a military aircraft crash.

That concern has been replaced with concern that a friend might have lost a son or daughter in a crash.

I’m waiting for names to be released.

Yeah I passed through the age/experience pool of it always being people I knew from my group, and now it’s unfortunately people I or my friends have trained.

Unfortunately they are reporting 9 dead from the last press conference they had at Campbell. Dark time for a lot of families.


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[Lawman]

God damned it’s almost like losing children at this point.

More has come out through unofficial channels on the training conducted and unfortunate they were doing necessary tasks for our refocus to the missions at hand.


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[derg]

 

[///AMG]

Sorry Lawman, that is terrible

 

[Pilot Fighter]

US Army identifies nine soldiers killed in Black Hawk training accident

The US Army has identified the nine soldiers who were killed in a nighttime training accident on Wednesday evening, when two HH-60 Black Hawk helicopters crashed in a field near Fort Campbell, Kentucky.

amp.cnn.com