Army Orders More Helicopter Pilot Training After Spate of 12 Crashes Kills, Injures Soldiers
The Army will have its helicopter pilots conduct hours of additional training after a rash of a dozen crashes that has killed 10 service members just since October. “We’ve seen a troubling trend with our accident rates, and certainly any loss of life is 100% unacceptable,” Maj. Gen. Walter Rugen, director of Army aviation, told […]
Biden Says US ‘Shall Respond’ After Drone Strike by Iran-Backed Group Kills 3 US Troops in Jordan
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — President Joe Biden said Sunday that the U.S. “shall respond” after three American troops were killed and dozens more were injured in an overnight drone strike in northeast Jordan near the Syrian border. Biden blamed Iran-backed militias for the first U.S. fatalities after months of strikes by such groups against American […]
Tactical Vehicle Rollover Kills 2 Soldiers, Injures 12 During Training in Alaska
Two soldiers with the 11th Airborne Division were killed and 12 were injured in a military vehicle accident Monday in Alaska, according to the division. A Light Medium Tactical Vehicle, or LMTV, rolled over while traveling with a convoy in the Yukon Training Area, the division said in a statement. Seventeen soldiers were riding in […]
Plane Crash Near Aberdeen Proving Ground Kills Army General
An Army general died when his small private plane crashed near Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland on Tuesday, according to the service. Maj. Gen. Anthony Potts, who recently oversaw the Army’s Program Executive Office for Command, Control and Communications-Tactical, or PEO C3T, died when the single-engine Piper PA-28 Cherokee airplane he was piloting crashed in […]
Vehicle Crash at Fort Bliss in Texas Kills 1 Soldier and Injures 5 Others
FORT BLISS, Texas (AP) — A tactical vehicle crashed Friday at Fort Bliss in Texas, killing a soldier and injuring five others, the base reported. The accident took place at about 9:30 a.m. in a base training area, authorities said. The name of the dead soldier, the conditions of the injured and details of the […]
