This is a tremendous loss to the Idaho National Guard and our community, Maj. Gen. Michael Garshak, adjutant general of Idaho and commander of the Idaho National Guard, said in the release. Our thoughts and prayers are with the families and loved ones as we work through this tragedy.
The Idaho Guard s last contact with the Black Hawk occurred at 7:45 p.m., Col. Christopher Burt, the Idaho Guard s state aviation officer, said in the release.
The aircraft s Emergency Transmitter Locator device was activated shortly after 8 p.m., and Burt s team immediately initiated emergency aircraft recovery procedures, which included air and ground search and rescue crews, according to the release.
Three pilots killed in Army Guard helicopter crash near Boise February 3 A UH-60 Black Hawk takes off during Idaho Army National Guard training pictured here. (Thomas Alvarez/Idaho National Guard) Three Idaho Army National Guard pilots were killed after their UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crashed south of Lucky Peak near Boise not long after 8 p.m. Tuesday. The crew was conducting a routine training flight, though the weather that night was poor due to snowfall and fog, according to Guard officials. The crash marks the second time in less than a month that a three-man National Guard crew has been lost to a Black Hawk mishap.
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Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
The New York Army National Guard UH-60 medical evacuation helicopter crashed in a field while on a routine training mission on Jan. 20. Killed were all three soldiers on board, chief warrant officers Steven Skoda and Daniel Prial, both of Rochester, and Christian Koch of Honeoye Falls.
It was not immediately known what caused the crash and the U.S. Army is investigating.
The helicopter, also known as a medical Black Hawk, is based at the Army Aviation Support Facility at the Greater Rochester International Airport. The unit includes about 80 soldiers and is the air ambulance company that s based out of Rochester. They train to perform medical evacuations and the crew was conducting night vision goggle proficiency training in the local training area.
New York Army National Guard
While New York Army National Guardsman Chief Warrant Officer 4 Christian Koch of Honeoye Falls earned many honors for his military service, he was also a shining example of service to the community and was still involved in his high school alma mater, York Central School.
Chief Warrant Officer 2 Daniel Prial
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Koch was one of three guardsmen killed in the New York Army National Guard helicopter crash in Mendon on January 20. He grew up in Livingston County, graduating from York Central. He was a 20-year veteran of the New York Army National Guard, becoming a pilot in 2006, after initially serving as an infantryman in A Company of the 2nd Battalion, 108th Infantry. Koch, who would have celebrated his 40th birthday this past Monday (January 25), served as part of the National Guard security mission, Operation Noble Eagle, in 2004 after the attacks of September 11, 2001. He was deployed to Iraq in 2008-2009 a