US Army: Helicopters Crashed in Mountains, Fair Weather

US Army: Helicopters Crashed in Mountains, Fair Weather
AH-64D Apache Longbow attack helicopters from the 1st Attack Battalion, 25th Aviation Regiment, fly over a mountain range near Fort Wainwright, Alaska, on June 3, 2019. Cameron Roxberry/U.S. Army via AP
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FAIRBANKS, Alaska—Two U.S. Army helicopters that crashed last week in Alaska, killing three soldiers, collided over a rugged, mountainous area, and there were no weather issues or visibility problems at the time, an Army spokesperson said Sunday.

The two AH-64 Apache helicopters were returning to Fort Wainwright from an aerial gunnery range southeast of Fairbanks when they collided.