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11 MAR 13 |
CW2 Bryan J. Henderson [PC]
CPT Sara M. (Knutson) Cullen [P]
SGT Steven P. Blass [FI]
SSG Marc A. Scialdo [CE]
SPC Zackary L. Shannon [CE] |
Afghanistan |
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B/4-3 AVN
#270
A/C crashed at approx 2200 hours in Daman district outside Kandahar city during a heavy rainstorm. No further details. |
16 AUG 12 |
CW3 Brian D. Hornsby [P]
CW2 Suresh N.A. Krause [P]
SGT Luis A. Oliver Galbreath [CE]
SPC Richard A. Essex [G]
PO1 Sean P. Carson (USN)
PO1 Patrick D. Feeks (USN)
PO2 David J. Warsen (USN)
3 ANA killed
1 Afghan interpreter killed |
Afghanistan |
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A/2-25 AVN
"OZZIE 72" 
A/C crashed while on a mission in Khashir area of Chenarto village in the Shah Wali Kot district of Kandahar province. |
19 APR 12 |
CW2 Nicholas S. Johnson [P] 
CW2 Don C. Viray [P]
SPC Dean R. Shaffer Jr [CE]
SPC Chris J. Workman [G] |
Afghanistan |
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2-25 AVN
A/C crashed at approx 2100 hours in the Khan Neshin-Dewalak area near Garmsir in Helmand Province during a nighttime mission during bad wx enroute to
assist in the evacuation of wounded Afghan police officers. A/C was chase bird for Medevac acft. Investigation pending. |
13 OCT 11 |
SSG Robert B. Cowdrey [MD] |
Afghanistan |
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C/3-82 CAB
MD died of injuries sustained during combat operations in Kunar Province. |
21 SEP 10 |
CW2 Jonah D. McClellan [P]
CW3 Matthew G. Wagstaff [PC]
SSG Joshua D. Powell [CE]
SGT Marvin R. Calhoun Jr [G]
MAJ Robert F. Baldwin
LT Brendan J. Looney (USN SEAL)
SCPO D. Blake McLendon (USN)
PO2 Adam O. Smith (USN SEAL)
PO3 Denis C. Miranda (USN SEAL)
3 injured |
Afghanistan |
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B/5-101 AVN REGT
#93-26517
A/C crashed in northwestern Zabul Province in the Daychopan district near Chanaryan village while on a spec ops mission. |
21 JUN 10 |
SSG Brandon M. Silk [CE]
PVT Timothy J. Aplin (ADF)
PVT Benjamin A. Chuck (ADF)
PVT Scott T. Palmer (ADF)
11 injured |
Afghanistan |
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C/5-101 AVN
A/C was lead in flight of 4 on a mission and was descending to low level after approaching RP, applied collective prior to contacting ground too
late and encountered a hard landing at approx 0339 in the northern part of Kandahar province. |
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17 APR 10 |
SSG James R. Patton
3 crewmembers injured |
Iraq |
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B/3-158 AHB
#95-26648
A/C crashed near Al-Mahzam area Camp Speicher outside Tikrit. SSG Patton was assigned to 3-75 Ranger Regiment. |
03 FEB 10 |
CW4 Gary M. Farwell [IP] 
CW2 Clayton M. Hickman [P]
SPC Matthew E. Clark [CE] |
Germany |
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G/52 AVN REGT
#87-24621 "DUKE 27"
A/C was conducting an IFR approach to Coleman AAF when it crashed near Lampertheim at approx 1820 hours in the woods near a motorway junction (A67)
at Viernheim and Lorsch. A/C requested lower alt from 6000' MSL at 1646:23Z due to icing, at 1646:52 decending to 5000 MSL, at 1657:01 initial decent
to 3500, last radio transmit at 1708:50 at 3026 MSL. Decent was 2000 FPM at 1709:22, 6000 FPM at 1709:34, 2500 FPM at 1709:41 (1000 AGL), 8000 FPM at
1709:44 and 12000 FPM at 1709:47Z as radar contact was lost (impact). All radio transmissions including the last showed no evidence of any problem or
stress, except for the icing at 6000 MSL about 20 minutes prior to the crash. The AR 15-6 dated 21 May 2010 could not establish a cause.
*Crew is also buried in a single casket at Arlington National Cemetery. |
22 OCT 09 |
SSG James R. Stright [C]
8 injured |
Virginia |
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160 SOAR
A/C crashed into USNS Arctic off the coast of Fort Story at approx 2000 hours during a training exercise that involved rappelling down a rope to the ship. |
19 SEP 09
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SPC Michael S. Cote Jr [C]
11 injured |
Iraq |
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38 CAB
#79-23272
A/C crashed after flying into IFR conditions at approx 2000 hours inside the fenced perimeter of Joint Base Balad (Camp Anaconda), after a
dust storm overtook the acft.
Cote was attached to 38 CAB from A/1-52 AVN. |
19 AUG 09 |
CW4 Terrance W. Geer [P]
CW4 Robert M. Johnson [P]
SSG Chad A. Tucker [CE]
SSG Paul R. Jackson [CE] |
Colorado |
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D/1-160 SOAR
A/C was performing high altitude training on Mt. Massive when it crashed at approx 1400 hours at the 14,200' level. Investigation
concluded the crew's flight plan didn't take into account the A/C's performance limits at that altitude. |
12 JAN 09
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SSG Charles C. Mitts* [C]
2LT Zachary R. Cook
3 injured |
Texas |
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36 CAB (TX ARNG)
#91-26321
A/C crashed after takeoff at 1500 hours on the Texas A&M Campus (Duncan Field) while on a routine transport mission shuttling
ROTC personnel to an annual training exercise at Camp Swift. A/C was about to go to Easterwood Airport for refueling and was at
approx 100-150' AGL when it began to spin left uncontrollably, lost altitude and hit the ground. An unidentified T/R malfunction
was determined to be the cause. Crew attempted to land the A/C in LZ to reduce collateral damage, injury or loss of life rather
than flying out over populated area.
*SGT Mitts died 2 days later of injuries. |
16 NOV 07 |
SGT Steven C. Ganczewski |
Iraq |
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Fire team leader assigned to the 3-75 Ranger Regiment killed as a result of a 40' fall out of the A/C during a
combat operation near Balad. |
08 NOV 07
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CW2 DavidAngelo F. Alvarez [PI]
CPT Christian P. Skoglund [PC]
CPT Cartize B. Durham (USAF)
SRA Kenneth P. Hauprich Jr (USAF)
SSG Robert D. Rogers (USAF)
SSG Mark A. Spence (USAF)
5 others injured |
Italy |
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G/52 AVN REGT
#88-26025
A/C crashed in an open area near the Piave River north of Treviso, between Maserata Sul Piave and Santa Lucia Di Piave after
departing Aviano AFB. USAF personnel were from 31 FW. Crash caused by the failure of bell crank in the yaw axis that locked
the anti-torque pedals in a full left input. |
11 SEP 07
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CW2 David M. Stanley [PC]
CPT Scott N. Shimp [PI]
SGT Jeffrey S. Angel II [CE] |
Alabama |
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C/4-101 AVN
#94-26560
A/C was Chalk 2 in flight of three when the flight went IIMC. Chalk 1 & 3 recovered safely while Chalk 2 entered the clouds and developed
an unusual attitude that was unrecoverable and hit a power line and crashed into a field near a house about 1815 hours near Skyline on a training
mission flying from Fort Campbell to the municipal airport in Chattanooga. |
22 AUG 07
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CPT Corry P. Tyler [PC]
CW2 Paul J. Flynn [PI]
SGT Matthew L. Tallman [CE]
SPC Rickey L. Bell [OR]
3 IBCT/25 ID PAX:
CPL Jeremy P. Bouffard
SPC Phillip J. Brodnick
CPT Derek A. Dobogai
CPL Joshua S. Harmon
SPC Michael A. Hook
SPC Nathan C. Hubbard
SGT Garrett I. McLead
SSG Jason L. Paton
SPC Jessy G. Pollard
SPC Tyler R. Seideman |
Iraq |
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D/4-6 ACS
#06-27077 "DARKHORSE 6"
A/C crashed while taking part in a nighttime operation in Multaka, near Kirkuk (flight of two). A/C incurred a T/R driveshaft
failure, spun to the right multiple times and crashed and impacted at 150 Gs. |
17 JUL 07
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SGT Nathan S. Barnes
1 injured |
Iraq |
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C/4/3 AVN
Infantry PAX (4-31 INF RGT) killed when he was hit by small arms fire while preparing to exit A/C at an air assault LZ near Rushdi Mullah. |
10 MAR 07 |
DAC John B. Bolling [IP]
2 WO1's injured
2LT injured |
Alabama |
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1-212 AVN
#86-24561
A/C crashed at Skelly Stagefield near Opp while attempting a roll-on landing. On touchdown, A/C landed hard and M/R flexed
down and struck the T/R driveshaft. IP died of massive head injuries on 12MAR07. |
20 JAN 07
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MAJ Michael V. Taylor [PC]
CPT Sean E. Lyerly [PI]
SFC John G. Brown [CE]
1SG William T. Warren [C]
COL Brian D. Allgood
SSG Daryl D. Booker
LTC David C. Canegata III
SGM Marilyn L. Gabbard
CSM Roger W. Haller
COL Paul M. Kelly
SSG Floyd E. Lake
CPL Victor M. Langarica |
Iraq |
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C/1-131 AVN
"EASY 40"
A/C was chalk #2 of 2 Black Hawks ("EASY 71"-lead) ferrying troops to Baghdad when it was hit by ground fire and crashed NE of Baghdad near Khan Bani Sa`ad. |
21 DEC 06
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CW2 James E. Whitehead [PC]
CW2 Patrick J. Paige [PI]
SGT Thomas L. Clarkston Jr [CE] |
Washington |
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D/4-6 ACS
#92-26422
A/C crashed on the south side of 1,835' Mount Peak near the county fairgrounds during a night training mission from Ft. Lewis. A/C impacted the side of a mountain in a
near-vertical high rate of descent. |
11 OCT 06
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CWO Scott W. Dyer |
Afghanistan |
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3-3 SFG
SF Warrant Officer (PAX) was hit by small arms fire and fell from A/C during a combat operation near Banditemur. |
08 AUG 06 |
SGT Jeffery S. Brown [CE]
SGT Steven P. Mennemeyer [MO]
4 injured |
Iraq |
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82 MED (AA)
#86-24535 "LEATHERNECK 46"
A/C based in Korean Village near Ar Rutbah crashed into a lake 10 nm SE while on an area familiarization flight in Anbar Province. |
21 JUN 06
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SSG Heathe N. Craig [MO]
PFC Brian J. Bradbury |
Afghanistan |
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159 MED CO (AA)
#87-2600(?) "DUSTOFF 62"
MD and wounded soldier fell 30' to the rocky terrain during medevac extraction from combat operations in Naray when the rescue hoist cable
snapped due to cable rubbng the cargo door track caused by oscillations during hoisting. MD had successfully extracted first wounded soldier. |
09 JUN 06
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1LT Landon R. Casillas [P] |
Tennessee |
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50 MED (AA)
A/C made a precautionary landing at Outlaw Field after warning light came on during a routine maintenance mission. Soldier was killed by
M/R blade strike after exiting A/C. |
30 MAR 06 |
PFC Joseph J. Duenas |
Iraq |
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101 DIV (AA)
Soldier killed as a result of a fall out of the A/C while returning from a combat operation near Kirkuk (At-Ta'mim). |
07 JAN 06
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CW4 Chester W. Troxel [P]
1LT Jaime L. Campbell [P]
SPC Michael I. Edwards [CE]
SPC Jacob E. Melson [CE]
MAJ Stuart M. Anderson
1LT Joseph D. DeMoors
MAJ Douglas A. LaBouff
CPT Michael R. Martinez
DAC Darren D. Braswell
CIV Charles S. Allen
CIV Arsenio Domingo
CIV Robert Timmann |
Iraq |
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B/1-207 AVN REGT (AK ARNG)
#91-26346 "ICY 33"
A/C was Chalk 2 in a two-ship formation providing support for the 101st CA and was flying from Mosul to Tal 'Afar when communications
were lost. A/C went down in a sparsely populated area 7 mi east of the town of Tal 'Afar. A/C was attempting to change trail positions
by gaining altitude to avoid rotorwash and then descending back to formation altitude. Crash occurred when the A/C descended past formation
altitude and into the ground at a very shallow angle at 105 KIAS. |
03 NOV 05 |
CPT Jeffrey P. Toczylowski |
Iraq |
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1/10 SFG(A) soldier killed as a result of a fall out of the A/C during combat operation in al-Anbar Province. |
29 NOV 04
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CW2 Mark W. Evans Jr [P]
CW2 David H. Gardner Jr [P]
SPC Richard L. Brown [CE]
BG Charles B. Allen
CPT Todd T. Christmas
CW5 Douglas V. Clapp
COL James M. Moore |
Texas |
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A/2-4 AVN
#98-26827
A/C struck a guy wire attached to the television station KXXV 1800' tower near Bruceville-Eddy, enroute from Ft. Hood to Texarkana shortly
after 7 a.m. in heavy fog. The tower's warning lights where knocked out by a storm the previous week. |
12 AUG 04 |
SGT Daniel L. Galvan [CE]
3 crewmembers injured
9 USMC PAX injured |
Afghanistan |
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2/25 AVN
#96-26699
A/C was Chalk 2 of 2 UH-60Ls and 2 USMC AH-1Ws providing a daytime QRF demo for visiting dignitaries outside Camp Salerno near Khowst. Chalk 2
was ascending and descending over small hills in the area and crested a 400' hill, it then nosed into a dive so steep that wheel chocks rose off
the cabin floor and flew forward into the cockpit, jamming the collective. A/C impacted the ground in a near level attitude, skidded 67',
bounced once, skidded another 330', hit a manmade rock wall, pivoted vertically about its nose, yawed right 90 deg. and rolled 270 deg.
coming to rest inverted. |
26 APR 04
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CW3 Bruce D. Boggs [P]
1LT Candace L. Voegele-Daniels [P]
SPC Christopher K. Bingaman [CE] |
South Carolina |
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1/159 AVN
#89-26215
A/C crashed during NVG training exercise along the Great Pee Dee River. A/C was Chalk 1 of 2 on flight as weather began to deteriorate.
While enroute, Chalk 2 lost sight of lead for a short time. Lead told Chalk 2 that they would take up trail behind them and shortly
afterward entered a fog bank and crashed. |
08 JAN 04
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CW2 Philip A. Johnson [P]
CW2 Ian D. Manuel [P]
SPC Michael A. DiRaimondo [MO]
SPC Christopher A. Golby [C]
SPC Nathaniel H. Johnson [C]
SSG Craig Davis
SFC Gregory B. Hicks
SGT Jeffery C. Walker
CWO Aaron A. Weaver |
Iraq |
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571 MED
#86-24488 "WITCHDOCTOR 11"
A/C was chalk #2 of 2 and was shot down near Fallujah about a mile short of landing while picking up and dropping off patients at the level 2 clinic. |
15 NOV 03
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CW2 Scott A. Saboe [P]
2LT Jeremy L. Wolfe [P]
SPC Jeremiah J. DiGiovanni [CE]
SPC Ryan T. Baker [C]
SPC William D. Dusenbery [C]
SGT John W. Russell |
Iraq |
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A/4/101 AVN
#93-26531
A/C was transporting troops between bases, when it had a mid-air with another UH-60 and both crashed onto residential rooftops, erupted in flames and
exploded in Mosul, approx 5 mi from airport. |
WO1 Erik C. Kesterson [P]
SGT Warren S. Hansen [C]
CPT Pierre E. Piche
SGT Michael D. Acklin II
SFC Kelly Bolor
PFC Sheldon R. Hawk Eagle
PFC Richard W. Hafer
PFC Damian L. Heidelberg
SPC John R. Sullivan
SPC Eugene A. Uhl III
PFC Joey D. Whitener
5 others injured |
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9/101 AVN
#94-26548
A/C was performing "Eyes Over Mosul" mission when it had a mid-air with Black Hawk, which was transporting troops between bases, and both
crashed onto residential rooftops, erupted in flames and exploded in Mosul, approx 5 mi from airport. |
07 NOV 03
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CW3 Kyran E. Kennedy [P]
CPT Benedict J. Smith [P]
SGT Scott C. Rose [CE]
SSG Paul M. Neff II [C]
CSM Cornell W. Gilmore I 
CW5 Sharon T. Swartworth |
Iraq |
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B/5/101 AVN
#92-26431 "THE GOAT"
A/C was hit by an SA-16 near Tikrit and went down on an island on the east side of the Tigris river near the main palace complex. |
21 OCT 03
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SPC Paul J. Bueche
1 injured |
Iraq |
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131 AVN (AL ARNG)
While servicing a tire with a nitrogen cart, the rim separated causing the tire to explode due to overinflation. |
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02 SEP 03
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PFC Christopher A. Sisson
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Iraq
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A/2/501 AVN
#97-26764
A/C was chalk 2 in the second serial of 3 UH-60's inserting 82nd ABN troopers into a LZ about 25 mi SW of Baghdad. It was a 0% illum night with little to no wind into heavy dust. The crash occurred on landing when the crew didn't pick up the right lateral drift that was happening. When collective was lowered it took all of a second before the A/C had rolled over. Five of the troopers admitted to unbuckling their seatbelts before landing.
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09 MAY 03
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CW2 Hans N. Gukeisen [P]
CW3 Brian K. Van Dusen [P]
CPL Richard P. Carl [CE]
MO injured
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Iraq
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571 MED
#86-24507
#507 and #619 were called on a medevac mission near Samarra. #619 landed to pickup a wounded Iraqi child suffering from serious head injuries from unexploded ordnance, while #507 circled around the LZ. Just as the patient was loaded, the crew of #619 saw #507 dive rapidly and lost sight as it disappeared behind trees on the Tigris. Seconds later #619 saw the M/R blade fly over the trees. #507 struck a cable stretched across the river used to ferry boats after descending to avoid possible enemy fire and crashed into the river on it's left side, partially submerged. #619's crew landed nearby and helped rescue the medic.
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02 APR 03
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CW4 Erik A. Halvorsen [PC]
CPT James F. Adamouski [PI]
SPC Mathew G. Boule [CE]
SGT Michael F. Pedersen [CE]
CW2 Scott Jamar [PP]
CW3 Eric A. Smith [PP]
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Iraq
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B/2/3 AVN
#94-26557 "STORM 6"
A/C crashed due to disoriention in the darkness of night skies NW of Karbala while on a mission to reposition a C2 Hawk forward for a night C2 mission.
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11 MAR 03
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CW3 Kenneth L. Miller [PC]
CPT Christopher E. Britton [PI]
SPC Barry M. Stephens [CE]
SGT Lucas V. Tripp [CE]
SGT John L. Eichenlaub Jr
SGT Joshua M. Harapko
PFC Shawn A. Mayerscik
SSG Brian L. Pavlich
PFC Andrew D. Stevens
PFC Stryder O. Stoutenburg
PFC Tommy C. Young
2 others injured
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New York
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B/2/10 MTN DIV
#90-26273
A/C was conducting a day multi-ship infantry battle skills training and orientation flight. A/C was Chalk 3 in flight of 3 and were heading back to the airfield when it impacted flat, marshy terrain at approx 30-deg. nose-low left bank attitude on the western edge of Ft. Drum. Cause of crash was undetermined.
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25 FEB 03
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CW2 Timothy W. Moehling [P]
CW2 John D. Smith [P]
SPC Rodrigo Gonzalez-Garza [CE]
SPC William J. Tracy [C]
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Kuwait
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A/5/158 AVN
#88-26083
Flight of 2 were on a long-range recon practicing use of NVGs in desert and flew into ground during sandstorm near Camp NJ at 0030 hours.
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30 JAN 03
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CW2 Thomas J. Gibbons [P]
CW3 Mark S. O'Steen [P]
SSG Daniel L. Kisling Jr [CE]
SGT Gregory M. Frampton [C]
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Afghanistan
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160 SOAR
#89-26185
A/C crashed on the Shomali Pains (East Training Range) during routine night training sortie 7 miles E of Bagram AB.
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11 DEC 02
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WO1 Jonathan C. Helman [P]
CW2 Maurice A. Lammie [P]
SPC Luke A. DeGroff [CE]
SPC Bryan P. Abercrombie [C]
SFC Anthony L. Sieng [C]
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Honduras
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1/228 AVN JTF-B
#87-24586
A/C was returning to its home base at Soto Cano AB from a routine night training mission when it crashed about 2055 hours near Lake Yajoa, 3 mi. E of Santa Cruz. A/C encountered deteriorating weather and lowered altitude to accomodate them getting through a low pass. Crew lost visual reference and flew into the side of a hill at over 90 KIAS.
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19 OCT 01
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SPC John J. Edmunds
PFC Kristofer Stonesifer
3 injured
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Pakistan
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C/1/160 SOAR
#91-26374
A/C crashed during nighttime training as the result of a "brown out" -- a sand cloud kicked up by the helicopter's rotors as it landed, obscuring the pilot's vision.
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12 FEB 01
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CW2 Gregory I. Montgomery [P]
CW4 George P. Perry [P]
SGT Thomas E. Barber [C]
SPC Robert D. McDonald [C]
MAJ Robert L. Olsen
SPC Rafael Olvera-Rodriguez
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Hawaii
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2/25 AVN
#96-26709 & #96-26710
Mid-air during a nighttime exercise in a remote military preserve of the Hawaiian islands.
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11 injured
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04 AUG 99
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CPT James M. Rogers
3 injured
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Kentucky
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D/1/160 SOAR
#91-26388
A/C settled into the trees approaching the FAST rope site on Ft. Campbell. A/C encountered low RPM and some seconds later began an uncommanded descent. Pilot increased power but rotor RPM continued to decline, lost T/R effectiveness, spun 1 1/2 turns to the right, impacting the ground.
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22 APR 99
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CW2 Aaron K. Power [P]
SGT Anthony W. Brown [CE]
SPC Earl C. Eoff [CE]
SGT Robert G. Millward [C]
SPC James R. Murphy Jr
SPC Fury J. Rice
SGT Julius R. Wilkes Jr
4 others injured
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Kentucky
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A/5/101 AVN
#92-26457
The UH-60L went down in a remote, wooded area of the military post near the TN state line during a routine training mission after the A/C hit the stabilator on a dead snag, which resulted in the aircraft descending into the trees.
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04 FEB 99
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CWO Robert L. Brown [PC]
CWO David L. Hopkins [PI]
CE & 2 PAX injured
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Korea
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C/2/2 AVN
#83-23926
A/C crashed in the Twin Bridges Training Area 20 mi. N of Seoul at approx 1235 hours while observing a division training exercise that was in progress (WARSTEED).
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06 JUL 98
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CIV Pam Guido
CIV Rebecca Riddell
Crew injured
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Bahamas
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2/3 AVN
#94-26562
A/C crashed into brush 1/4 mile from runway on takeoff on a MTF while assigned to the OPBAT counterdrug mission. The two fatalities were the pilot's wives.
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30 JUN 98
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1LT Norman T.S. Flecker [P]
CW2 Riley W. Mason Jr [P]
SPC Ryan J. Shears [CE]
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Korea
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A/2/2 AVN
#97-26756
A/C crashed into a mountain approx 100' down-slope from the peak near Kapyong. Cause of accident was inadvertent IMC.
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31 JAN 98
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1LT Jeffrey C. Davis [P]
SPC Bethany Stewart [CE]
1 injured
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North Carolina
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1/159 AVN
#94-26598
Pilot and CE performing MOC on new fuel filter at Simmons AAF. At request of CE, pilot increases PCL to about 96%, causing gust-lock to break and blades start to turn. With blades being tied down, one bends and breaks, causing a severe out-of-balance condition that shakes the A/C apart.
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08 JUL 97
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CW2 Michael D. Pannell [PC]
CW2 Brad J. Ronan [PI]
SPC Jack T. Tucker [CE]
1LT Timothy K. Alspach
SGT Thomas J. Fenton
SSG Leslie W. Martin
SPC Angela E. Niedermayer
SSG Loren R. Woodrow
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North Carolina
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C/2/82 AVN
#90-26305
On a day photo recon mission on Ft. Bragg, an ESSS-equipped A/C with full ERFS tanks made a turn in excess of 60 deg bank and 90+ degrees of direction at 100' AHO. A/C lost altitude, dipped down into the trees, and sustained a blade strike. A/C continued down in a level attitude to a hard landing on a road. The ERFS tanks separated, ruptured, and exploded.
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18 JUN 96
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CW2 Francisco J. Ruiz [P]
PVT Angel A. Bernal-Frias
1SG John A. Harrison
PFC Robert Hicks Jr
SPC Larry C. Hinson
SPC D.Nathan Shirley
39 others injured
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Kentucky
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#93-26536
As a flight of 3 UH-60L were approaching the drop zone to conduct FRIES training, the M/R blades of Chalk 2 meshed with the M/R blades of Chalk 1.
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27 FEB 96
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MAJ Geoffrey B. Sherrill
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North Carolina
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3 SFG
A/C taxied into hot refuel at Simmons AAF and all PAX's exited. A mechanical fault undetected by the flight crew allowed the blades to drift forward and struck the Major in the head when he walked to the front of the A/C rather than to the side.
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15 AUG 95
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CW3 Michael R. Baker [P]
CW2 Donald J. Cunningham [P]
SGT Robert A. Rogers [CE]
SPC Dale L. Wood [C]
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Cyprus
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C/7-158 AVN
#88-26024
Malfunction led to the right engine to catch fire causing A/C to descend at 1200 FPM and 214 KIAS into the Mediterranean Sea 3 miles off the fishing port of Zyyi at approx. 2130 hours, after leaving the Akrotiri AFB on Cyprus in flight of two.
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20 JAN 95
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CW2 Russell A. Rockrohr [PP]
2 injured
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Alabama
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F/1-212 AVN
A/C crashed at approx. 1700 hours 2 miles SW of Samson missing a small cluster of houses and landed upside-down in the field near the Florida border.
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14 APR 94
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CPT Patrick M. McKenna [PC]
CW2 John W. Garrett Jr [PI]
SPC Jeffrey C. Colbert [CE]
SPC Cornelius A. Bass [G]
SSG Paul M. Barclay
COL Richard A. Mulhern
COL Jerald L. Thompson 
COL Hikmet Alp (Turk)
1LT M. Barlas Gultepe (Turk)
MAJ Harry C. Shapland (British)
CIV Salid Said
CIV Barbara L. Schell
CIV Abdulsatur Arab
CIV Ahmad Mohammad
CW2 Michael A. Hall [PC]
WO1 Erik S. Mounsey [PI]
SPC Michael S. Robinson [CE]
PFC Mark A. Ellner [G]
SFC Benjamin T. Hodge
SSG Ricky L. Robinson
1LT Laura A. Piper (USAF)
1LT Ceyhun Civas (Turk)
LTC Guy Demetz (French)
LTC Jonathan C. Swann (British)
CIV Ghandi Hussein
CIV Bader Mikho
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Iraq
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C/6/159 AVN
#87-26000 & #88-26060
Accidental shoot down by an F-15C with AIM-120A of two Eagle Flight Detachment Black Hawks over northern Iraq.
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03 OCT 93
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CW3 Raymond A. Frank [P]
SSG William D. Cleveland [CE]
SSG Thomas J. Field [CE]
P injured (POW)
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Somalia
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160 SOAR
#89-26188 "SUPER 64"
A/C was struck by an RPG and crashed in Mogadishu. All survived crash but were killed by Somali mob afterwards. Pilot CW3 Michael Durant taken POW was only survivor.
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03 OCT 93
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CW3 Clifton P. Wolcott [PC]
CW3 Donovan L. Briley [PI]
SSG Daniel D. Busch
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Somalia
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160 SOAR
#91-26324 "SUPER 61"
While leading a multi-aircraft flight on the assault of an objective in downtown Mogadishu, A/C was struck by an RPG and crashed.
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25 SEP 93
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SGT Eugene Williams [CE]
PFC Matthew K. Anderson [G]
SGT Ferdinan C. Richardson
P & CP injured
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Somalia
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B/9/101 AVN
"COURAGE 53"
A/C was hit by an RPG during a night recon mission. The blast ignited the fuel and two crew members were consumed by the blaze. As the A/C began to lose altitude, the pilot tried to steer it toward friendly forces located at the port. A/C hit the top of a building, the rotor blades shredded, and A/C ricocheted to the ground and slid over 100 yds down a street before it came to rest against an embankment.
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23 FEB 93
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SPC Gary L. Rhodes Jr [CE]
COL William J. Densberger
COL Robert J. Kelly
MG Jarret J. Robertson
CP & 3 PAX injured
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Germany
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C/7-158 AVN
#88-26059
A/C crashed and burned while attempting to land at Wiesbaden AFB at 1935 hours. Cause of the accident was material failure of the ESS in the right store causing fuel not to transfer to the main tank resulting acft to move its CG 13 inches.
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12 MAR 91
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1LT Joseph D. Maks [P]
CW2 Patrick A. Donaldson [P]
SPC Kelly D. Phillips [CE]
SGT Michael S. Smith [MO]
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Iraq
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36 MED DET
#86-24546
A/C medevac crashed while it was carrying two wounded Iraqi soldiers.
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27 FEB 91
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CW4 Phillip H. Garvey [P]
CW3 Robert G. Godfrey [P]
SGT Roger P. Brilinski Jr [MO]
SSG William T. Butts [C]
SSG Patbouvier E. Ortiz
3 others injured (POW)
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Iraq
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2/229 AVN
#89-26214 "BENGAL 15"
Attempting a rescue of a downed USAF F-16 pilot while under heavy AAA fire. A/C was hit, pitched forward and crashed into an earthen berm, landing nose first, the A/C dug into the soft sand and flipped over and exploded. Mission was a flight of three (2 AH64s/1 UH60) being vectored to last known location of downed F-16 by AWACS. Flight was vectored directly over a heavily defended Iraqi Republican Guard position. A/C tail cone was severed by AAA (23 and 57MM).
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27 FEB 91
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WO1 George R. Swartzendruber [PC]
WO1 David G. Plasch [PI]
SGT Lee A. Belas
SGT Jason C. Carr
SSG Jonathan H. Kamm
WO1 John K. Morgan
SGT Cheryl LaBeau-O'Brien
SFC Gary E. Streeter
1LT Donaldson Tillar III
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Iraq
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4/1 AVN
#78-23015
A/C was hauling the crew of UH-1H #64-14273 back to port and then jumped back into Kuwait when they were misoriented and shot down.
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26 FEB 91
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SPC Steven R. Trautman [CE]
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Iraq
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4/1 AVN
While conducting start up operations at FAA Vagrant, CE sustained a critical head injury from a blade strike.
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21 FEB 91
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CW3 Michael F. Anderson [PC]
CPT Charles W. Cooper [PI]
SSG Christopher J. Chapman [CE]
SSG Mario Vega-Velazquez [CE]
MSG Otto F. Clark [MO]
SGM Patrick R. Hurley
MSG Eloy A. Rodriguez Jr
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Saudi Arabia
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3/160 SOAR
#90-26251
While returning to a medical facility, the A/C encountered a sandstorm and the pilots lost visual reference with the ground at approx 0330 hours.
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19 JAN 91
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SSG Garland V. Hailey [MO]
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Saudi Arabia
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236 MED
#81-23579
A/C impacted the ground during final approach to the 12th Evac Hospital with two patients, due to mechanical problems.
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27 JUL 90
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SSG Christopher Cummings
SFC John R. Duryea
SFC Joseph Gradzewica
MSG Mark R. LaRochelle
CPT Gregory W. Sandborn
8 injured
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Arkansas
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3/160 SOAR
#86-24500
A/C crashed into a hillside 5 mi. S of Charleston, on a night flight in the early stages of a war game. Emergency lights on the control panel overloaded the pilot's NVG's before the A/C crashed. Three of those killed were with the 10 SFG.
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09 JAN 90
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CW2 Bruce J. Marchetti [P]
1LT Christopher Moss [P]
SGT Kenneth R. Hall [CE]
PFC Donald Mitchell
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California
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4/1 AVN
#89-26144
A/C crashed during desert exercises 14 mi. E of Ft. Irwin when it flew into a hill that stands 300' above the Mojave Desert.
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30 NOV 89
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SSG Adrian Rosado [MO]
2 injured
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Panama
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214 MED
#?
Medevac crashed in Panama Bay while returning from a mission on the Atlantic side of the Panama Canal. A/C experienced a total loss of T/R thrust due to failure of viscous bearing in XSMN oil cooler on T/R driveshaft. Crew attempted an autorotation over water in day VFR conditions while turning base in the traffic pattern at Howard AFB.
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22 JUL 89
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CW3 Adelbert L. Morrow [P]
CW4 Roy A. Westbrook [P]
CPT Robert B. Wilson II
CPT Marlon D. Joseph
SSG Stephen P. Thompson
LTC William C. Whittingstall
1 injured
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California
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1/227 AVN
#86-24549
A/C on a C&C mission crashed at 0400 hours 14 miles NE of Ft. Irwin during a training exercise. Aircrew were flying with night vision goggles (PVS-6s).
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06 JUL 89
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CW4 Jerry Haney [IP]
2 injured
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Korea
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2/2 AVN
#83-23866
A/C crashed after hitting high voltage power lines on a routine night training mission 8 miles E of Seoul at approx. 2200 hours.
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28 AUG 88
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1LT Kim J. Strader [P]
AC, CE & MO injured
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Germany
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63 MED DET
#?
A/C was on Medevac standby at the Ramstein AFB airshow (Flugtag 88) when one of the Italian jets that collided in mid-air crashed into the parked Black Hawk. 1LT Strader died 20 days later of injuries.
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08 MAR 88
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CWO William D. Bolin [P]
CWO James M. Guill [P]
PFC Gregory T. Dean [CE]
SPC Brian J. LeBlanc [C]
SSG Richard L. Alter
PFC Clifford W. Bath III
CPT Michael Daniel
PFC James Draper Jr
CPT Pelham L. Felder IV
PV2 Andrew J. Franklin III
SPC Samuel A. Hintz
PFC Michael A. Jankowski
PV2 Jeffrey L. Rivas
PFC Timothy S. Sayer
SSG Charles L. Shirley
SGT Dennis C. Sabot
1 other killed
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Tennessee Kentucky
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B & C/101 AVN
#85-24462 & #87-24606
Midair collision at 250' at 2145 hours in flight at 90 mph and crashed in flames during a night training mission of the 101st on Ft. Campbell while under NVGs.
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22 DEC 86
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CW4 Leslie R. Carlson [P]
WO1 Victor L. Fitzgerald [P]
PFC Jeffrey A. Winget [CE]
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Korea
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201 AVN
#83-23838
Mid-air collision with another UH-60 (#83-23857) approx 4 mi S of Camp Humphreys around 2010 hours during night manuevers. Crew of 3 from other A/C were injured.
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3 crewmembers injured
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201 AVN
#83-23857
Mid-air with UH-60 above.
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03 OCT 86
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CW2 Hayward L. Kimbro [PC]
WO1 Phillip D. Lara [P]
PFC David K. Ashcraft Jr [CE]
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Germany
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4 AHC
#82-23623
A/C was Chalk 2 in flight of 2 on a cross country navigational training flight. Lead A/C entered a protected area and traffic pattern at Burg Feuerstein airport when it entered a steep right bank to avoid a glider in the traffic pattern. Chalk #2, flying right rear entered a steep right bank, approaching 90 deg, to avoid collision with lead A/C and struck the ground at approx 150 KIAS.
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11 MAR 86
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CW3 Jerry L. Brown [IP]
WO1 Stanley E. Harris
WO1 Gary M. Reynolds
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Alabama
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9 ATB
#82-23719
A/C crashed in a wooded area 2 miles SW of Elba after take off during routine training flight.
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09 DEC 85
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KATUSA killed
3 injured
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Korea
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A/2/2 AVN
#82-23758
A/C crashed near Chongju when the chopper hit a power line while trying to assist the crew of a U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook that had made an emergency landing.
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18 APR 85
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DAC Bobby W. Hogan [IP]
WO1 Roy D. Gallagher
WO1 Buddy C. Parris
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Alabama
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#82-23714
A/C crashed at Tac Runkle, a training site near Elba, on a routine training mission out of Lowe AAF on Ft. Rucker, due to rotor blade spindle breaking while A/C was at 300'.
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13 MAR 85
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CW2 Arlington Ingalls [P]
CW2 Robert Q. Buchanan Jr [P]
SGT Luis L. Bacallao [CE]
PV2 Troy G. Pease [C]
PFC Ioannis Bougas
SFC Robert L. Brown
SP4 Mackie G. Chism
SP4 Sebastian Corriera III
SP5 Michael T. Paserba
PFC Paul S. Resnick
SSG Timothy S. Williams
PFC Richard D. Zimmerman
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North Carolina
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2-82 AVN
#79-23314
A/C was one of three in formation flying at 100 mph some 75-100' AGL when it crashed at approx 1240 hours near the Nijmegen Drop Zone on Ft. Bragg due to a missing bolt in the flight control assembly.
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22 MAR 84
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WO1 Scott E. Bryant [P]
CP & CE injured
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Kentucky
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9/101 AVN
#80-23471
A/C crashed during a routine training mission at Ft. Campbell at 1620 hours.
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02 FEB 84
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PFC Alan R. Larson [CE]
SGT Raymond J. Dickey
CPT Gilliam P. Nelson
MSG John G. Santora Jr
6 injured
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Honduras
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A/101 AVN
#79-23268
A/C was flying a tactical support mission with another UH-60, transporting 12 soldiers from one location to another, when they entered a patch of fog. One A/C turned around and flew out of the valley while other continued. A/C hit trees 107' above the valley floor and crashed in a mountainous area 35 mi from the Nicaraguan border during war game exercise (Big Pine II) enroute from El Aguacate to San Lorenzo.
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27 OCT 83
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SGT Kevin J. Lannon
SGT Stephen E. Slater
SP4 Philip S. Grenier
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Grenada
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B/82 CAB
A/C was on an airmobile raid on the Calivigny Barracks which housed Cuban soldiers. Just before the helicopter landed near the Cuban held compound, the craft was hit by SA fire from the ground and crashed. The PAX killed were A CO, 2/75 Rangers.
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25 OCT 83
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CPT Keith J. Lucas [P]
Others injured
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Grenada
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160 SOAR
#78-23002
CPT Lucas, already suffering from a wound to the right arm on the first go-around, was killed when 5 rounds fired from above smashed through the windshield and struck him in the head and chest. A/C crashed around 0640 just on top of Amber Belair Hill, breaking in half and the M/R blades fell over the cliff and into the water and rocks below.
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18 OCT 83
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CW2 Gary Tinkham [P]
WO1 Michael Stewart [P]
SGT John Bourassa
SP4 Robert Young
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Washington
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C/9 CSAB
#81-23557
A/C burst into flames and crashed at approx 2100 hours during NVG training flight near Mt. Rainer with flight of 3. MRB of Chalk 2 hit a dead tree, probably caused by spatial disorientation due to 60 degree slopes on each side of valley.
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04 OCT 83
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CW3 William H. Tuttle [P]
SP4 Richard J. Thompson [CE]
1 injured
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Panama
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TF 160
#78-22999
A/C crashed in Caribbean Sea approx 2 mi NE of Ft. Sherman near the entrance to the Panama Canal.
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26 AUG 83
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CW2 David W. Jordan [P]
CPT Robert E. Brannum [P]
WO1 Allen E. Jennings
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Kentucky
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TF 160
#78-22993
A/C crashed while on test flight in Christian Co.
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05 AUG 82
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CW2 Charles E. Bryant II [P]
WO1 Ronald J. Jones [P]
PFC Mark Liebherr [CE]
SP4 John T. Mahon (Bus Driver)
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Tennessee
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158 AVN
#79-23267
A/C crashed at 0915 hours into a military bus at the NBC Training Range killing the driver during training flight. Cause of accident was a teflon bearing that jammed in the cyclic or collective server shortly after lift-off locking the A/C into a nose-dive.
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30 MAR 82
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SGT Ricky D. Zizelman [CE]
3 injured
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Georgia
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TF 160
#78-22984
A/C based at Ft. Campbell crashed 6 miles NW of Pembroke enroute to training in North Carolina during a night flight caused by engines injesting pine needles, rotor speed dropped below 50% before impacting the ground.
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04 MAR 82
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CPT William B. Dinkler [P]
CW4 Bernard E. Vincent Jr [P]
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North Carolina
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2-82 AVN
#79-23324
A/C crashed at Ft. Bragg due to stabilator issues.
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19 MAY 78
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CIV Albert M. King Jr [P]
CIV John J. Pasquarello [P]
CIV John Marshall [FE]
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Connecticut
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Sikorsky
#73-21650
Prototype Black Hawk crashed in the Housatonic River at approx. 0910 hours while on a test flight for Sikorsky due to a maintenance error that caused the stabilator amplifier to be disconnected from all airspeed info.
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