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A military helicopter crashed early this morning south of Pikes Peak during a training exercise.
Both pilots were taken to Memorial Hospital in Colorado Springs with non life-threatening injuries, according to a Fort Carson Public Affairs media release.
The pilots were flying an AH-64D Apache Longbow from the 10th Combat Aviation Brigade, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, New York, when it made a “hard landing” at about 1:30 a.m., the U.S. Army said.
“The aircraft was conducting high altitude mountain environment training in preparation for deployment to Afghanistan,” Fort Carson said.
The cause of the incident is under investigation.
Kieran Nicholson: 303-954-1822 or knicholson@denverpost.com.
