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Debris of the crashed HH-60 Blackhawk29.03.2023/ 22:00 LT
near Fort Campbell, Trigg County, Kentucky - USA

  

Two US Army Sikorsky HH-60 Blackhawks, operated by the 101st Airborne Division, were destroyed following a mid-air collision near Highway 68, near Cadiz, Trigg County, Kentucky. The four occupants on the first helicopter and five occupants on the second helicopter perished.

Press Release states:
"The crash happened just before 10 p.m. on Wednesday near Maple Grove Road and Lancaster Road. The crewmembers were flying two HH60 Blackhawk helicopters during a routine training mission when the incident occurred."

On Wednesday night, a pair of 101st Airborne Division Black Hawks were conducting routine training in southwestern Kentucky. The pilots were using night vision goggles, a common practice for units to practice flying in low visibility. There was no hazardous weather, according to National Weather Service data. It's unclear what caused the two Black Hawks to crash, but the pilots were able to bring the aircraft down in an open field, away from a nearby residential area.
The UH-60 Blackhawk is the Army’s medium helicopter and troop transport, capable of carrying up to 11 combat troops or six casualty evacuation litters. It entered service in 1981, and has served in every major conflict or peacekeeping operation since.

The current version is the UH-60M, and the 101st Airborne is the largest operator of the Blackhawk helicopter in the world.

Each UH-60M Blackhawk is equipped with health and usage monitoring systems (HUMS), which continuously pulls data from all parts of the aircraft, from the avionics to the engine, and the integrated vehicle health management system (IVHMS). The IVHMS includes both a flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder.

Black boxes from two UH-60 Blackhawk helicopters lost in a training accident have been sent to Army accident investigators in Alabama. The equipment, standard issue in practically all aircraft today, should help the service understand why the two Blackhawks, and nine U.S. Army soldiers, were lost during a nighttime collision.

  

The US Army has identified the nine soldiers who were killed in a nighttime training accident in Kentucky, USA.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.
An Army news release identified the soldiers with the 101st Airborne Division who were killed in the incident as

Warrant Officer 1 Jeffrey Barnes, 33;

Cpl. Emilie Marie Eve Bolanos, 23;

Chief Warrant Officer 2 Zachary Esparza, 36;

Sgt. Isaacjohn Gayo, 27;

Staff Sgt. Joshua Gore, 25;

Warrant Officer 1 Aaron Healy, 32;

Staff Sgt. Taylor Mitchell, 30;

Chief Warrant Officer 2 Rusten Smith, 32;

Sgt. David Solinas Jr., 23.

  

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