Soldier from New Jersey among 9 victims killed in Army helicopter training crash

FORT CAMPBELL, Kentucky (WABC) — One of many victims killed within the Military helicopter crash in Kentucky on Wednesday was from New Jersey.

9 folks have been killed within the crash involving two Military Black Hawk helicopters conducting a nighttime coaching train in Fort Campbell.

The U.S. Military recognized all the victims on Friday afternoon.

Sgt. David Solinas Jr, 23, was from Oradell, New Jersey.

“This can be a time of nice disappointment for the one hundred and first Airborne Division. The lack of these Troopers will reverberate by way of our formations for years to return,” stated Maj. Gen. JP McGee, commanding common of the one hundred and first Airborne Division (Air Assault) and Fort Campbell. “Now could be the time for grieving and therapeutic. The entire division and this group stand behind the households and mates of our fallen Troopers.”

The opposite victims have been additionally recognized:

-Warrant Officer 1 Jeffery Barnes, 33, of Milton, Florida

-Cpl. Emilie Marie Eve Bolanos, 23, of Austin, Texas

-Chief Warrant Officer 2 Zachary Esparza, 36, of Jackson, Missouri

-Sgt. Isaacjohn Gayo, 27, of Los Angeles, California

-Employees Sgt. Joshua C. Gore, 25, of Morehead Metropolis, North Carolina

-Warrant Officer 1 Aaron Healy, 32, of Cape Coral, Florida

-Employees Sgt. Taylor Mitchell, 30, of Mountain Brook, Alabama

-Chief Warrant Officer 2 Rusten Smith, 32, of Rolla, Missouri

Final month, two Tennessee Nationwide Guard pilots have been killed when their Black Hawk helicopter crashed alongside an Alabama freeway throughout a coaching train.

The Black Hawk helicopter is a important work horse for the U.S. Military, offering key safety, transport, medical evacuations, search and rescue and different missions. It was a frequent sight within the skies over Iraq and Afghanistan through the wars conducting fight missions and can be utilized by the Military’s a hundred and sixtieth Particular Operations Aviation Regiment. Black Hawks have been additionally usually used to ferry visiting senior leaders to headquarters areas within the Iraq and Afghanistan battle zones.

(The Related Press contributed to this report.)

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