Crashes Prompt Army National Guard to Ground Helicopter Units

The safety stand-down of all ANG helicopter units comes days after a Mississippi National Guard AH-64 crash kills two soldiers.

Kimberly Johnson

Tuesday, February 27, 2024 at 05:03 PM ET

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A pair of AH-64 Apache helicopters assigned to the Utah National Guard's 1st Battalion, 211th Aviation Regiment, perform a fly-over at the annual Governor’s Day celebration at Camp Williams, Utah, September 14, 2019. [Courtesy: U.S. Air National Guard]

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The Army National Guard has grounded its entire helicopter fleet for an aviation safety review stand-down.
This decision follows two separate AH-64 Apache helicopter crashes in February: one in Mississippi that killed two soldiers, and another in Utah that injured two.
The stand-down, effective Monday, aims to ensure crew preparedness and reinforce safety across all Army National Guard helicopter operations.

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Two recent crashes have prompted the Army National Guard to ground its fleet of helicopters in an aviation safety review stand-down, the National Guard Bureau announced Tuesday.

The news comes days after two soldiers were killed when a Mississippi National Guard (MSNG) AH-64 Apache went down during a training flight near Booneville, Mississippi. The fatal incident was the second AH-64 crash in February. On February 12, a Utah National Guard Apache went down, injuring two on board.