thursday, nbc s pentagon correspondent courtney kube has more on this. this is a significant move by the u.s. army. for the first time in nearly a decade, announcing a temporary stand out of all aviation assets. this means no helicopters will fly anywhere in the world unless it s an emergency, and then only when it s ordered by a general officer. now this comes less than 24 hours after two u.s. army apache helicopters from fort wayne right collided in midair over alaska. killing three u.s. soldiers, and wounding another. the soldiers were returning from a day try training mission and there were no reports of any weather conditions or no issues with visibility. this is the latest collision raising alarms after two other recent deadly helicopter crashes by the u.s. army. a mid air collision by two black hawks killed nine troops in your fort campbell during a nighttime training mission last month, and to tennessee and national guard soldiers were killed in another black hawk
mid-air collision in alaska and a deadly collision near ft. campbell, kentucky, about a month ago. the u.s. central command is reporting more aggressive behavior by russian pilots after an apparent dog fight with u.s. planes in the skies over eastern syria. video released by centcom from april 2nd shows a russian fighter jet conducting an unsafe and unprofessional intercept of a u.s. fighter jet, an f-16 in this dincident. they said they may be trying to provoke the u.s. to create an international incident. also, new details into cnn about the accused intel leaker jack teixeira, revealing he has a history of violent threats. he spoke of wanting to kill a ton of people and making a mini van into an assassination van. despite this, he was allowed to that secret security clearances.
Nine service members were killed after two HH60 Black Hawk helicopters collided mid-air during a deadly training session near the Fort Campbell military base in Trigg County, Kentucky. The [.]