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Investigation of Fatal Army Helicopter Crash Continues

KUAC | By Dan Bross
Published May 4, 2023 at 3:00 PM AKDT
An Army AH-64D Apache Longbow attack helicopter assigned to 1st Battalion, 25th Aviation Regiment Attack Reconnaissance Battalion lands at Ladd Airfield on Fort Wainwright in January 2019. Three 11th Airborne Division soldiers died Thursday when two Apaches collided in mid-air near Healy. One soldier remains hospitalized at Fairbanks Memorial Hospital in fair condition.
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An Army AH-64D Apache helicopter lands at Fort Wainwright in January 2019.

Investigators are working the site where two US Army 11th Airborne Division Apache helicopters crashed east of Healy last Thursday, killing 3 soldiers, and injuring a 4th. KUAC’s Dan Bross reports.
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