Two killed in Idaho National Guard choper smash

 

An Army National Guard helicopter crashed Thursday night during a training mission, killing the two people aboard, the military said.

National Guard spokesman Col. Tim Marsano avowed the deaths of the two male pilots but did not user-easy to use any details taking into consideration quotation to speaking them pending notification of intimates. The cause of the wreck will be investigated by the Department of Defense, he said.

The Apache lawsuit helicopter crashed at re 7 p.m. approximately two miles south of the National Guard base at Gowen Field stuffy Boise International Airport, Marsano said. It wasn't unexpectedly forgive whether the pilots were heading to or returning from a mission, he said.

Marsano said he didn't know whether any communication was heard from the helicopter prior to the collision. There was no blaze, he said.
"The men and women of the Idaho National Guard are united in grief at the loss of two of our brothers in arms, who gave their lives though training to defend our nation," Maj. Gen. Gary Sayler, commander of the Idaho National Guard, said in a upholding. "Today, our thoughts and prayers are gone their families.

Boise firefighters initially responded to the accident but later turned the scene on peak of to the National Guard, Fire Chief Dennis Doan said.