U.S. Army MH-60 Black Hawk helicopters from the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment perform aerial refueling at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, on June 14, 2023. [Courtesy: U.S. Air Force ]
Key Takeaways:
An Army MH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crashed in a forested area of southwest Washington, with all four soldiers aboard believed to be dead.
Recovery efforts are underway in rugged, heavily forested terrain west of Olympia, involving military and local law enforcement, and made difficult by the challenging conditions.
The helicopter was from the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne) based at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, and an investigation into the cause of the accident is ongoing.
The four soldiers aboard an Army helicopter that went down in a forest in southwest Washington state Wednesday evening are “believed to be dead,” according to Jacqueline Hill, media relations officer for the U.S. Army Special Operations Command.
“Recovery efforts are underway,” Hill said.
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Meg Godlewski has been an aviation journalist for more than 24 years and a CFI for more than 20 years. If she is not flying or teaching aviation, she is writing about it. Meg is a founding member of the Pilot Proficiency Center at EAA AirVenture and excels at the application of simulation technology to flatten the learning curve. Follow Meg on Twitter @2Lewski.
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