Army National Guard Grounds All Helicopters Following Crashes

‘My understanding is that when units have completed their safety stand-down, they’ll be permitted to fly again,’ said Pentagon spokesperson Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder.

A maintenance worker walks past an AH-64 Apache helicopter in Kearns, Utah, on March 4, 2020. George Frey/Getty Images

The Army National Guard is standing down all of its helicopter units following two crashes last week, one of which left two Guardsmen dead.

Two soldiers died last week in a helicopter crash in Mississippi. Another crash in Utah on Feb. 12 left two pilots, one from the Army National Guard and one from the Air Force, in the hospital.