The Army experienced two Apache helicopter crashes within the span of 48 hours, the service said, after a second crash sent two soldiers to the hospital on Wednesday.
The two crashes occurred during routine training exercises and resulted in four injuries but zero deaths. The first crash occurred on Monday at an Army base in Washington, and the second occurred in Colorado on Wednesday.
Wednesday’s incident occurred at approximately 6:30 p.m., when the AH-64 Apache from the 4th Combat Aviation Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, crashed during a routine exercise. Two servicemembers were mildly injured and transported to a base hospital that night before being released, according to the Hill.
A team from the Army Combat Readiness Center at Fort
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