Soldiers killed in Fort Hood chopper crash identified
- Two soldiers, Chief Warrant Officer 2 Deontre T. Huey and Warrant Officer Seth L. Olmstead, died when their AH-64E Apache helicopter crashed near Fort Hood, Texas, during a maintenance test flight on August 12, 2026.
- The crash caused a ground fire called the Dove Hollow Fire that burned approximately 155 acres and was contained by firefighters, threatening but not impacting nearby homes.
- The U.S. Army has halted all AH-64 Apache training flights until the root cause of the accident is determined by an investigation led by the U.S. Army Combat Readiness Center.
- The Army is providing care and support to the families and soldiers affected by the crash.
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Army Halts Apache Training Flights After Fatal Fort Hood Crash
The U.S. Army temporarily halted AH-64 Apache training flight operations Friday after Wednesday’s crash near Fort Hood killed two pilots during a maintenance test flight. Army Public Affairs announced the stand-down as investigators work to determine what caused the helicopter to go down near Salado. “The stand-down will remain in effect until we have a better understanding of the root cause of the accident,” the Army said. The service did not s…
Military Identifies 2 Soldiers Killed in Texas Helicopter Crash Earlier This Week * The Gateway Pundit * by Jack Davis, The Western Journal
The death of two soldiers this week has led to the grounding of the Army’s training flights using AH-64 Apache helicopters.
Military Identifies 2 Soldiers Killed in Texas Helicopter Crash Earlier This Week
The death of two soldiers this week has led to the grounding of the Army’s training flights using AH-64 Apache helicopters. The crash near Fort Hood, Texas, took place Wednesday, […] The post Military Identifies 2 Soldiers Killed in Texas Helicopter Crash Earlier This Week appeared first on The Western Journal.
U.S. Army Identifies The Two Soldiers Killed In Apache Helicopter Crash In Texas
The families of these two soldiers are in need of prayer. As WLT Report previously reported on Wednesday, an Army Apache attack helicopter crashed in Salado, Texas resulting in the deaths of two soldiers. According to the U.S. Army the attack helicopter was based out of Fort Hood. Now the identity and the ranks of the two soldiers have been revealed in a report by CBS Austin: Fort Hood officials have identified the two pilots killed when an AH-6…
Army identifies two soldiers killed in Apache helicopter crash in Texas
Photo: Alamy The U.S. Army on Friday identified the two soldiers killed when an Apache attack helicopter crashed in Texas during a maintenance test flight earlier this week. Chief Warrant Officer 2 Deontre T. Huey, 34, and Warrant Officer Seth L. Olmstead, 25, died Wednesday when their AH-64 Apache helicopter went down in a field
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