3 Soldiers Killed in Alaska Apache Helicopter Crash Identified
The Army has released the identities of the three soldiers who were killed in a crash involving two Apache helicopters on April 27.
Those killed in the crash are Chief Warrant Officer 3 Christopher Robert Eramo, 39, of Oneonta, New York; Chief Warrant Officer 2 Kyle D. McKenna, 28, of Colorado Springs, Colorado; and Warrant Officer 1 Stewart Duane Wayment, 32, of North Logan, Utah, officials said.
The collision near Healy, Alaska, occurred as the soldiers of the 1st Attack Battalion, 25th Aviation Regiment, at Fort Wainwright were returning to base in Fairbanks from a training mission.
The unit is part of the 11th Airborne Division, which is nicknamed the “Arctic Angels.”…