The pilots of an Apache helicopter were involved in a training exercise on Sunday when they encountered an emergency on board. It isn’t clear what went wrong but they elected to land immediately in the first area they could. That area was by Estridge Road in Kershaw, North Carolina. No injuries were reported but the [...]
Around 1:30 a.m. this morning an AH-64D out of Fort Drum crashed near Pikes Peak in Colorado. The helicopter was doing high altitude mountain training in preparation for deployment to Afghanistan. The two pilots on board suffered non life-threatening injuries and were taken to Memorial Hospital in Colorado Springs. As with most military incidents there [...]
An Apache made an unplanned landing on the Susquehanna Soccer Club Complex field today in Pennsylvania. The helicopter was coming from the Capital City Airport and on its way back to Fort Indiantown Gap. The pilot reported that something just wasn’t right with the aircraft so he elected to land in the field. It appears [...]
An AH-64 Apache has crashed at Fort Hood, Texas at around 4:30pm local time today. The pilot and copilot received minor injuries during what is being described as a hard landing. Both were transported to a medical facility for treatment. The incident occured near east range road. No further information is available – expect updates if I [...]
Although this incident occured yesterday, it wasn’t released to news agencies until today. Details are sketchy beyond “technical malfunction” but nobody was injured. The landing occured next to Kibbutz Gonen which must have made for an exciting day considering the population there in 2006 was only 314 people. Israel has been opearating the Apache since [...]
