2 killed in AH-64 crash
According to Stars & Stripes, an AH-64E Apache helicopter crashed at Fort Campbell claiming the lives of two soldiers;
The soldiers were flying a routine training mission in a training area on the base, when the Apache crashed at about 9:50 p.m., according to a base statement.
“This is a day of sadness for Fort Campbell and the 101st Airborne,” Brig. Gen. Todd Royar, the acting senior commander of the 101st Airborne Division and Fort Campbell, said in the statement. “Our thoughts and prayers are with the families during this difficult time.”
That makes seven deaths from military aircraft crashes in the last seven days.
Category: Army News
Can we please stop crashing aircraft for a while? Too many, too soon.
Damn.
Training for war is as dangerous as the battle. Rest in peace young Warriors.
Why are so many of these birds crashing?
This is too many in far too short a timeframe.
Too young, too soon. Rest in Peace, one and all.
I suspect it has something to do with Commander 0’s lack of support and funding for our military for 8 years. Transgenderism and faggotry was the highest priority for the military under his watch.
You are correct sir. This is the real cost of a hollow military- under funded and over tasked. The improvements under Trump are coming, but lag current realities.
Thank you Obama. For nothing.
Two more Warriors taken before their times, Rest In Peace.
I must, in all fairness, point out that Congress has a very large role to play in allocating money for our Armed forces. Thus, the prior occupant of the White House cannot be the sole recipient of our criticism.
There is plenty of shame to go around. The Parsimonious Pissants in the halls of Congress have no problems finding monies for their considerable perks, but begrudge our fighting men and women the cost of keeping their weapons and tools in fighting order.
This syndrome is older than our Republic. General Washington expressed considerable dismay the miserly remittances of the Continental Congress.