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when the accident happened. kentucky s governor rushed to the soldier s duty station, which is called fort campbell and had this to say this morning. today is a tough and a tragic day for kentucky. for the four campbell and for the 101st. the nine individuals. we lost our children of god. they will be mourned and missed by their families. by their communities. we ve also heard from the secretary of defense lloyd austin, who said in a statement . my heart goes out to the families of these service members and to the members of the 101st airborne division who bravely and proudly serve our country every day each and every day. i m saddened by this tragic loss, and i am working with army leadership to make sure our troops and their families received the care that they need in the wake. of this accident. cnn s dianne gallagher is live at fort campbell. diane what more are you learning about this tragic accident? so alex. there is an aircraft safety team that is on their way f ....
Is an aircraft safety team that is on their way from fort rucker , alabama to investigate what caused this crash, according to the deputy, commanding the deputy commander of the 101st this morning, there were two blackhawks one aircraft had five service members on it. the other had four service members on it. that crashed last night just around 11 p.m. eastern time over trade county, kentucky. it is a neighboring, more rural county here to fort campbell right over katie s kentucky, he said that they were running a quote. i m so sorry. here they were running. essentially these routine training missions. it was a multi formation. we were told that there were four different aircraft there in the training mission initially, but that one of them had stop up to refuel and another was ahead of the two that crash they were using night goggles. these were also medevac variants of the blackhawks. now they say that ....