2023 Alaska mid-air collision
On 27 April 2023, two AH-64 Apache helicopters belonging to the 1st Attack Reconnaissance Battalion, 25th Aviation Regiment, at Fort Wainwright, collided near Healy, Alaska, approximately south of Fairbanks, when returning from an exercise mission. The incident resulted in three military personnel killed with another one injured. It happened barely one month after two Black Hawk helicopters crashed in Kentucky, leading the US Army halting all its aircraft, with the exception of those on "critical missions".
The incident
The two AH-64 Apache helicopters which were with the 1st Attack Reconnaissance Battalion, 25th Aviation Regiment, were moving from a mission in the Donnelly Training Area to Fort Wainwright on 27 April 2023, when they collided at 1:39 pm. The incident took place roughly east of Healy.Two of the four troops were pronounced dead at the incident scene, while a third died en route to a Fairbanks hospital. The Army stated that the event was being investigated, and withheld the identities of the killed individuals until their relatives could be notified.