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The two-seat AH-64 Apache was on a routine training flight when it was reported down in a wooded area about 2 p.m., the Mississippi National Guard said in a statement.
The two pilots were captured and shown on television along with the helicopter. [5] Pentagon officials stated the captured Apache was destroyed via airstrike the following day, [6] [7] Iraqi officials claimed a farmer named Ali Ubaid Mankash with a czech-made Brno rifle shot down the Apache. After the invasion, the farmer denied any involvement.
An AH-64 Apache from the U.S. Army's 101st Aviation Regiment in Iraq On 27 April 2023, two AH-64 Apache helicopters belonging to the 1st Attack Reconnaissance Battalion, 25th Aviation Regiment , at Fort Wainwright , collided near Healy , Alaska , approximately 80 miles (130 kilometres) south of Fairbanks , when returning from an exercise ...
Each AH-64 Apache helicopter was carrying two people at the time of the crash, John Pennell, a spokesperson for the U.S. Army Alaska, said earlier Thursday.
In April last year, three US soldiers were killed and one was injured when two AH-64 Apache helicopters with the US Army’s 1st Attack Battalion, 25th Aviation Regiment collided after a training ...
This is a list of aircraft shootdowns, dogfights and other incidents during wars since World War II.An aircraft shootdown occurs when an aircraft is struck by a projectile launched or fired from another aircraft or from the ground (anti-aircraft warfare) which causes the targeted aircraft to lose its ability to continue flying normally, and then subsequently crashing into land or sea, often ...
After two AH-64 Apache helicopter crashes this month, the Army National Guard's director has mandated that all helicopter units stand down to “review safety policies and procedures.”
The aircraft had taken off from USS Harry S. Truman and was shot down by USS Gettysburg (CG-64). Both crew members ejected and survived. [484] December 29. A Bell 407GX helicopter of the Guatemalan Air Force crashed into the Chixoy River, in Ixcán Municipality, killing the two crew members on board. [485]