2023 Fort Campbell mid-air collision

On March 29, 2023, two Sikorsky UH-60 Blackhawk helicopters,[1] both operated by the 101st Airborne Division, collided over Fort Campbell in Trigg County, Kentucky, United States.[7] A US Army soldier at the scene informed the local WKDZ-FM radio station that there had been several fatalities and that the county coroner had been called.[4] The incident was not the first air collision in the vicinity of the post; in March 1988, 17 servicemen were killed when two UH-60 Black Hawks collided doing routine night maneuvers.They were: WO1 Jeffrey Barnes, CPL Emilie Marie Eve Bolanos, CW2 Zachary Esparza, SGT Isaacjohn Gayo, SSG Caleb Gore, WO1 Aaron Healy, SSG Taylor Mitchell, CW2 Rusten Smith, and SGT David Solinas Jr.[5] Three servicemembers were posthumously promoted as follows:[5] Kentucky governor Andy Beshear announced the incident on Twitter soon after it occurred, stating that fatalities were expected.[6] US Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky said that he was "devastated", and that his team was in contact with the US Army and authorities on the ground.

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