Three soldiers were killed and another was wounded in an air-to-air collision that involved two Army helicopters in Interior Alaska yesterday.
In a 11 11 Airborne Division statement the helicopters located in Fort Wainwright in Fairbanks -was returning from a flight training exercise when they collided in the vicinity of Healy.
The statement states that two soldiers died on the scene, and a third one died while en route towards Fairbanks Memorial Hospital. The person injured in the crash is currently treated in the Fairbanks Hospital. Fairbanks.
The accident will be examined by a team of experts from the Army Combat Readiness Center, located in Alabama. The Army declares it will keep their names for 24 hours after the relatives are informed.
The month of February saw 2 soldiers got injured following the Towright-based Apache helicopter was destroyed in Talkeetna.
