2 Fil-Am soldiers, 7 others die in chopper crashes in Kentucky

NINE American Army soldiers, among them two of Filipino descent, were reported killed on Wednesday in helicopter crashes that marred a military training exercise in Kentucky.

The accident involved two US Army helicopters—variants of the Black Hawk model designed for medical evacuation— that crashed during a nighttime training mission in Trigg County, near Fort Campbell, killing all nine soldiers on board.

The US Army released the names of the victims, all of them members of the 101st Airborne Division based at Fort Campbell

The list included Filipino-Americans Sgt. Isaac John Gayo, 27, from Los Angeles, California; and Cpl. Emilie Marie

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Eve Bolanos, 23, from Austin, Texas. They were reportedly born in the Philippines and enlisted in the US military in 2019.

Two US Army helicopters crashed during a nighttime training mission in Kentucky, killing all nine soldiers on board, a general said Thursday.

The crash was considered the deadliest such incident involving the military in more than eight years.

The aircraft were flying in formation with pilots using night vision goggles during a routine training exercise, and were steered to land in an open field across from a residential area, avoiding deaths or injuries on the ground, Brigadier General John Lubas told a news conference.

The crash “resulted in the death of all nine service members aboard the aircraft,” all of them members of the 101st Airborne Division, which is based at Fort Campbell in Kentucky, Lubas said.

Five soldiers were on one helicopter and four on another, with the military still working to notify all the families of those killed.

With an investigative team heading to Fort Campbell from the base where US Army Aviation is headquartered in Alabama, it was still unknown whether the