The Colorado crash comes on the heels of an incident at Joint Base-Lewis McChord, Wash., on Monday, when an Apache from the 16th Combat Aviation Brigade had what officials called an “aviation mishap” during routine training.
Last month, the Army National Guard grounded its helicopter fleet to review safety policies and procedures in the wake of crashes of AH-64D Apache helicopters Feb. 12 in Utah and Feb. 23 in Mississippi. Two aviators were killed in the crash near Booneville, Miss.
A 2020 Army safety review highlighted the Apache helicopter’s involvement in more than a quarter of the service’s rotary-wing mishaps from 2016 to 2020, pointing to human error as a primary cause.
Last month, the Army National Guard grounded its helicopter fleet to review safety policies and procedures in the wake of crashes of AH-64D Apache helicopters Feb. 12 in Utah and Feb. 23 in Mississippi. Two aviators were killed in the crash near Booneville, Miss.
A 2020 Army safety review highlighted the Apache helicopter’s involvement in more than a quarter of the service’s rotary-wing mishaps from 2016 to 2020, pointing to human error as a primary cause.
- Earlier this month, a UH-72 Lakota helicopter flying over the U.S.-Mexico border in Texas crashed, killing a Border Patrol agent and two National Guard soldiers and injuring another soldier.
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