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TexasTowelie

(111,974 posts)
Mon Jan 22, 2018, 03:42 AM Jan 2018

Two dead in Army helicopter crash in California

Source: NBC News

Two soldiers were killed when a U.S. Army Apache helicopter crashed Saturday morning at Fort Irwin in California, a spokesman for the Army said.

The AH64 Apache crashed early Saturday morning at the military training facility, which is northeast of Barstow, Army spokesperson Lt. Col. Jason S. Brown said in a statement.

The crash is under investigation and next of kin notifications were ongoing, he said.

Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/military/two-dead-army-helicopter-crash-california-n839561



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Two dead in Army helicopter crash in California (Original Post) TexasTowelie Jan 2018 OP
I read earlier that this is bad roscoeroscoe Jan 2018 #1
fall out? C Moon Jan 2018 #2

roscoeroscoe

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1. I read earlier that this is bad
Mon Jan 22, 2018, 03:56 AM
Jan 2018

The government shutdown is said to have made it impossible for the Army to properly handle the fall out of this tragic loss.

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