Washington: Nine soldiers were killed when two combat helicopters collided during a training mission in the US state of Kentucky.
According to the foreign news agency ‘AFP’, the combat helicopters were on a routine training mission at night in Kentucky. According to the US military, the crew members equipped with night vision were flying HH-60 Black Hawk helicopters.
Army Brigadier General John Lobas, the division’s deputy commanding officer for operations, said there was still little known about why the helicopters crashed, but he admitted he was not even sure if they collided. were
According to officials, the helicopters, operated by the Army’s 101st Airborne Division, crashed in a field after arriving in Trigg County, Kentucky.
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