NY National Guard announces names of Soldiers killed in Texas helicopter crash on March 8 2024

NY National Guard announces names of Soldiers killed in Texas helicopter crash on March 8 2024- Two New York Army National Guard aviators were killed on Friday, March 8, when the UH-72 Lakota light utility helicopter they were flying crashed near Rio Grande City, Texas at 2:50 p.m. local time.A Border Patrol agent was also killed in the crash, and the aircraft crew chief was badly injured and is hospitalized.The Soldiers who are assigned to Detachment 2, A Company, of the 1st Battalion, 244th Aviation Regiment were operating as part of Joint Task Force North, a military unit which supports the Customs and Border Protection operations on the southwest border.The detachment, which…

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