{"id":355084,"date":"2026-08-14T16:13:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T21:13:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/army-identifies-identifies-2-fort-hood-helicopter-pilots-killed-in-apache-crash"},"modified":"2026-08-14T16:13:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T21:13:16","slug":"army-identifies-identifies-2-fort-hood-helicopter-pilots-killed-in-apache-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/army-identifies-identifies-2-fort-hood-helicopter-pilots-killed-in-apache-crash","title":{"rendered":"Military identifies identifies 2 Fort Hood helicopter pilots killed in Apache crash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"prism-article-body\">\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">The Army on Friday identified the two Fort Hood helicopter pilots who were killed <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/fort-hood-texas-apache-military-helicopter-crash-267e94dda85fe0901e604f8a899444a8\">when their Apache crashed<\/a> during a maintenance test flight in central Texas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Chief Warrant Officer 2 Deontre T. Huey, 34, of Killeen, Texas, and Warrant Officer Seth L. Olmstead, 25, of Belton, Texas, died when the helicopter crashed in a grassy field Wednesday near Salado, about 30 miles (48 kilometers) from Fort Hood. They were the only two people on board.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">No cause of the crash was released. A safety investigation team from the Army Combat Readiness Center in Fort Rucker, Alabama, arrived Thursday and is leading the investigation, the Army said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Huey entered the Army in 2014 and Olmstead entered in 2023. They were assigned to Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 227th Aviation Regiment, 1st Air Cavalry Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">\u201cOur hearts and deepest condolences are with the families of the Soldiers we lost Wednesday,\u201d said Lt. Gen. Kevin D. Admiral, III Armored Corps and Fort Hood commanding general. \u201cThe Army is a family, and a tragedy like this is felt throughout our formations and our community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Fort Hood is a massive base with 214,968 acres (86,995 hectares) that is used to train and deploy heavy forces. In November 2015, four soldiers were killed when a Black Hawk helicopter crashed during a training exercise. And nine Fort Hood soldiers died in 2016 when a rain-swollen creek swept their vehicle into rushing waters.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">The AH-64 Apache attack helicopter has been a key part of the military\u2019s fleet since the first versions were deployed in 1984. The Apache crew sits one behind the other with the pilot in the rear and the co-pilot gunner in the front position.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.com\/US\/wireStory\/army-identifies-identifies-2-fort-hood-helicopter-pilots-135647707\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Army on Friday identified the two Fort Hood helicopter pilots who were killed when their Apache crashed during a maintenance test flight in central [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":355087,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[29375,31464,31461,31463,31460,406,1444,9905,31465,102,31462],"class_list":["post-355084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-admiral","tag-armored-corps","tag-aviation-regiment","tag-chief-warrant-officer","tag-co-pilot-gunner","tag-coach","tag-killeen","tag-lt-gen","tag-seth-l-olmstead","tag-texas","tag-warrant-officer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355084","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=355084"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355084\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":355086,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355084\/revisions\/355086"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/355087"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=355084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=355084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=355084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}