PLR 25-060 - Aviation Mishap Claims One Soldier's Life
A Chief Warrant Officer 2 assigned to Fort Campbell, Kentucky, died in an aviation mishap 11 June 2025 on the installation at 1851 local. The aircraft impacted the ground during dry-fire training exercises with ground forces, resulting in one fatality and one injury. The aircraft experienced extensive damage, and the cost of damage is still being determined. Further information is unavailable at this time. A USACRC team is on site and conducting the safety investigation.
Since FY20, the Army has had an average of eight Class A aviation flight mishaps and lost an average of eight Soldiers per year to on-duty aviation mishaps. This was the fourth Class A aviation mishap of FY25 and below the number of similar mishaps during the same time last year.
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