Two Apache helicopters crash in Alaska, 3 soldiers dead

Two AH-64 Apache helicopters based at Fort Wainwright crashed today near Healy, Alaska, according to the 11th Airborne Division.

According to a tweet from the 11th Airborne account, the two helicopters are with the 1st Attack Battalion, 25th Aviation Regiment and were returning from a training flight.

Three soldiers were killed and a fourth was injured after the Army Apache helicopters they were in collided in mid-air and crashed in Alaska on Thursday, the military said.

This is the second serious Apache crash in Alaska this year. In February, two soldiers were injured when a military helicopter was involved in a rollover accident in Talkeetna.