Three Idaho Army National Guard Personnel Kill in Black Hawk Helicopter Crash
Three Idaho Army National Guard personnel were killed after their UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crashed south of Lucky Peak near Boise shortly after 8 p.m. Tuesday.
All three personnel aboard were pilots with the Idaho Army National Guard participating in a routine training flight.
This is a tremendous loss to the Idaho National Guard and our community, said Maj. Gen. Michael Garshak, adjutant general of Idaho and commander of the Idaho National Guard. Our thoughts and prayers are with the families and loved ones as we work through this tragedy.
By MATT SEYLER and MATT ZARRELL, ABC News
(NEW YORK) Three Idaho Army National Guard personnel were killed after their UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crashed south of Lucky Peak near Boise shortly after 8 p.m. Tuesday, officials said in a news release.
All three personnel aboard were pilots with the Idaho Army National Guard participating in a routine training flight.
The aircraft was last in contact at 7:45 p.m., according to Col. Christopher Burt, the Idaho Army National Guard s state aviation officer. The Emergency Transmitter Locator device aboard the aircraft was activated shortly after 8 p.m. and recovery procedures were initiated, which included air and ground search and rescue crews.
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Three members of Idaho’s National Guard were killed in a Black Hawk helicopter crash.
The crash occurred on Tuesday night around 8 p.m. south of Lucky Peak near Boise, according to a Facebook post from the Idaho National Guard.
“This is a tremendous loss to the Idaho National Guard and our community,” said Maj. Gen. Michael Garshak, the adjutant general of Idaho and the commander of the Idaho National Guard. “Our thoughts and prayers are with the families and loved ones as we work through this tragedy.”
3 Idaho Army National Guard members killed in helicopter crash
The pilots were on a routine training flight when their Black Hawk helicopter went down near Lucky Peak. Author: Katie Terhune Updated: 12:34 AM EST February 4, 2021
BOISE, Idaho The three members of the Idaho Army National Guard who died in a helicopter crash Tuesday night were experienced pilots on a routine training mission, officials said.
The UH-60 Black Hawk crashed just after 8 p.m. south of Lucky Peak, near Three Point Mountain in the Danskin range. There were no survivors.
The names of the pilots killed have not yet been released, but 183rd Aviation Battalion Commander Lt. Col. Nicole Washington said that two of the guard members were instructor pilots, and that the trio had thousands of hours of flight time between them.