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Kansas National Guard airmen involved in accident identified
June 10, 2021
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SALINA, Kan. (AP) Authorities identified on Thursday Staff Sgt. Wesley Kubie as the Kansas Air National Guard airman who was killed when a Humvee overturned during a training accident.
The 30-year-old Salina man was among members of the Salina-based 284th Air Support Operations Squadron who were training Tuesday afternoon at the Smoky Hill Air National Guard Range near Salina, the Adjutant General’s Department said in a news release.
Kubie was evacuated by helicopter and died on the way to a Wichita hospital.
The two airmen who were injured in that single-vehicle rollover accident were identified Thursday as Staff Sgt. Jaden Johnson, 23, of Salina and Staff Sgt. Cole Frederick, 28, of Topeka. Both are being treated at the Salina hospital.