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On 27 April 2023, two AH-64 Apache helicopters belonging to the 1st Attack Reconnaissance Battalion, 25th Aviation Regiment, at
Fort Wainwright Fort Wainwright is a United States Army installation in Fairbanks, Alaska. Fort Wainwright is part of the Fairbanks North Star Borough and the coterminous Fairbanks Metropolitan Statistical Area. The installation is managed by U.S. Army Garrison ...
, collided near Healy,
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, approximately south of Fairbanks, when returning from an exercise mission. The incident resulted in three military personnel killed with another one injured. It happened barely one month after two Black Hawk helicopters crashed in
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, leading the
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halting all its aircraft, with the exception of those on "critical missions".


The incident

The two AH-64 Apache helicopters which were with the 1st Attack Reconnaissance Battalion, 25th Aviation Regiment, were moving from a mission in the Donnelly Training Area to Fort Wainwright on 27 April 2023, when they collided at 1:39 pm (local time). The incident took place roughly east of Healy. Two of the four troops were pronounced dead at the incident scene, while a third died en route to a Fairbanks hospital. The Army stated that the event was being investigated, and withheld the identities of the killed individuals until their relatives could be notified.


Aftermath

The
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indicated one day after the incident that it had suspended aviation units for training after 12 troops died in helicopter crashes in Alaska and
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over the previous month. According to the Army notification, the action halted all Army aviators, excluding those engaging in crucial missions, until they finished the necessary training.


See also

* 2019 Alaska mid-air collision * 2020 Alaska mid-air collision *
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