Helicopter crash

AP A northeastern Syrian helicopter accident over the weekend has left 22 U.S. service members injured, the U.S. military reported Tuesday. Injured service members were receiving treatment, with 10 being moved to "higher care facilities" outside of the Syrian region. The statement, The statement did not indicate where specifically the accident took place, but added that "no enemy fire was reported.” More on the military: U.S. forces have been located in Syria since 2015 to advise and assist the Syrian Democratic Forces against the Islamic State, a militant extremist group that controlled large parts of Iraq and Syria starting in 2014. Since the group's defeat in 2019, U.S. troops in Syria have been working to prevent comeback attempts by the Islamic State. There are currently The helicopter accident comes after U.S. troops have been hit with attacks from Islamic State members and other Iran-backed fighters in the past. In March on a U.S. base in Syria, an American contractor was killed, and another contractor and five American troops were wounded after Contributing: Bassem Mroue, The Associated Press and Kate Perez, USA TODAY Latest on Ukraine:

Twenty-two U.S. service members aboard a Special Operations Forces helicopter were injured Sunday at a U.S. base in northeastern Syria, said two Defense officials Tuesday. The troops were landing at a staging base during a special operations mission when their MH-47 Chinook helicopter experienced an apparent mechanical issue, according to the officials. The incident is under investigation by the Army. A UH-60 Blackhawk, with Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve, flies over the Syrian countryside, on August 17, 2019. Alec Dionne / U.S. Army file U.S. forces are operating in Syria to fight the Islamic State terrorist group. A civil war broke out in Syria in 2011. The United Nations estimated last year that

correction A previous version of this article included erroneous information provided by the Defense Department. The June 11 helicopter accident in Syria occurred while the aircraft attempted to land, not during takeoff, officials clarified Wednesday. Additionally, of the 22 U.S. personnel injured, 15 required medical evacuation to facilities outside Syria, not 10, as U.S. military officials initially reported. The article has been corrected. U.S. Central Command, which oversees military activity in Syria and elsewhere in the Middle East, announced in a statement late Monday that the incident “resulted in injuries of various degrees,” with 10 personnel requiring medical evacuation to “higher care facilities” outside the war-torn country. On Wednesday, military officials revised the number to 15. The counterterrorism mission there endures, though. U.S. military officials said in a news release earlier this month that American and partner forces conducted 38 operations against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria in May alone. Eight ISIS “operatives” were killed as a result, and 31 were detained, officials said.

A meteorologist and pilot are dead after a news helicopter crashed in Charlotte, North Carolina, Tuesday afternoon, according to officials. WBTV pilot Chip Tayag. WBTV The Robinson R44 helicopter crashed near Interstate 77 and Nations Ford Road at around 12:20 p.m., according to the Federal Aviation Administration. The helicopter belonged to local CBS news station WBTV, according to a “The WBTV family is grieving a terrible loss," the statement said. "Meteorologist Jason Myers and pilot Chip Tayag lost their lives. We are working to comfort their families in this difficult time." WBTV meteorologist Jason Myers. WBTV Both Myers and Tayag, the only two people onboard the plane, were confirmed dead by the Mecklenburg EMS Agency. WBTV says Myers grew up in North Carolina and worked in Texas and Virginia before returning to the Charlotte area. He leaves behind a wife and four children. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department Chief Johnny Jennings said in a news conference Tuesday afternoon that the pilot of the helicopter was a hero for avoiding incoming cars while landing. "It seemed the pilot that was operating the aircraft made some diversionary moves to avoid hitting traffic," said Jennings. "And if that is truly the case, then that pilot is a hero to, in my eyes, make sure that the safety and security of those that were driving on the road was not in jeopardy."

Training for active-duty units is to take place between 1 and 5 May. National guard and reserve units will have until 31 May to complete theirs. “The move grounds all army aviators except those participating in critical missions until they complete the required training,” the army said. Two army helicopters collided near Healy, in Military investigators from Fort Novosel, in Alabama, were expected to arrive at the scene of the crash by Saturday, said John Pennell, a spokesperson for the US army in Alaska. The army said on Thursday that two of the soldiers had died at the site and the third on the way to a hospital in Fairbanks. The injured soldier was taken to hospital and was in stable condition on Friday, Pennell said. The names of those killed were not immediately released. “The safety of our aviators is our top priority, and this stand-down is an important step to make certain we are doing everything possible to prevent accidents and protect our personnel,” the army’s chief of staff, Gen James McConville said. The crash is the second involving military helicopters in Alaska this year. Two soldiers were injured when an Apache helicopter rolled after take-off from Talkeetna in February. The aircraft was one of four traveling from Fort Wainwright to Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, in Anchorage. Privacy Notice: Newsletters may contain info about charities, online ads, and content funded by outside parties. For more information see our after newsletter promotion In March, ...

The service members arereceiving treatment for their injuries, with 10 evacuated to higher care facilities outsideCENTCOM’s area of responsibility, the command noted. “The cause of the incident is under investigation, although no enemy fire was reported,” according to the statement, which did not include further details of the type of helicopter that was involved or time of day the incident took place. Deputy press secretary Sabrina Singh later told reporters on Tuesday thatthe incident involved an MH-47 Chinook helicopter. The transport aircraft, which hastandem rotors,“had a problem with one rotor that caused a hard landing during takeoff,” she said. “We will hopefully learn more soon but as of right now, all of the service members involved in that crash are in stable condition,” Singh added. There has been a string of military helicopter accidents in recent months, including The same month, And a Black Hawk helicopter crashed along an Alabama highway during a training exercise in February, killing two Tennessee National Guard pilots. Updated at 3:49 pm on Jun 13. Tags Copyright 2023 Nexstar Media Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.

In this photo released by the U.S. Army, 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. The U.S. Army says two helicopters similar to these crashed on Thursday near Healy, Alaska, killing three soldiers and injuring a fourth. Cameron Roxberry/U.S. Army via AP hide caption toggle caption Cameron Roxberry/U.S. Army via AP In this photo released by the U.S. Army, 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. The U.S. Army says two helicopters similar to these crashed on Thursday near Healy, Alaska, killing three soldiers and injuring a fourth. Cameron Roxberry/U.S. Army via AP SEATTLE — The U.S. Army identified on Saturday the three soldiers who were killed when two helicopters collided in Alaska while returning from a training mission. The helicopters were headed to Fort Wainwright from a mission in the Donnelly Training Area when they crashed at 1:39 p.m. Thursday, about 50 miles east of Healy. The U.S. Army announced Friday that it has grounded aviation units for training after 12 soldiers died within the last month in helicopter crashes in Alaska and Kentucky. "The move grounds all Army aviators, except those participating in critical missions, until they complete the required training," the Army said in a statement. Killed in Thur...

Singh said that 10 of the 22 injured service members were flown out of the country for medical treatment and that "all of the service members involved in that crash are in stable condition." She did not offer more details on their injuries. Read Next: Military.com reached out to both U.S. Central Command, the unit that first announced the incident, as well as Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, the U.S. military hospital in Germany that often serves as the first stop for service members injured overseas, for more detail but did not receive a reply. The U.S. has maintained a military presence in Syria since 2015 advising and assisting the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces in the fight against the Islamic State terrorist group, also known as ISIS. Since the group was driven from cities in Syria and Iraq, the U.S. presence has shrunk but, On June 6, Central Command announced that U.S. forces had carried out 17 partnered operations, detained 20 ISIS operatives, and killed two ISIS operatives in May. In early May, the command An investigation is now underway to determine whether the U.S. killed a civilian. Statements from Central Command have stressed that "no enemy fire was reported" in the helicopter incident over the weekend and that it is investigating the cause. -- Patricia Kime contributed to this report. -- Konstantin Toropin can be reached at Related: