SEATTLE (AP) — Four U.S. Army soldiers who were part of an elite team that does nighttime missions died when the MH-60 Black Hawk helicopter they were aboard crashed earlier this week near a military base in Washington state, Army officials said Friday.

The helicopter was on a routine training mission west of Joint Base Lewis-McChord when it crashed at about 9 p.m. Wednesday, the U.S. Army Special Operations Command said. The soldiers were part of the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, Airborne, officials said.

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[–] 27 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Training. All pilots or flying crew members, military or civilian, need to fly to become qualified to do their jobs and need to keep flying regularly to maintain their qualification.

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