Two HH-60 Black Hawk helicopters that crashed and killed nine soldiers near Fort Campbell, Kentucky on March 29 collided in mid-air before going down, according to a preliminary report from the Army’s aviation investigation authority released April 6.

On March 29, 2023, two Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters, both operated by the 101st Airborne Division, collided over Fort Campbell in Trigg County, Kentucky, United States. All nine servicemen were killed.

Nine soldiers were killed when two Army Black Hawk helicopters crashed during a training exercise in Kentucky on Wednesday night, officials said Thursday morning. The crash occurred at around 10 p.m. local time (11 p.m. ET) in Trigg County, west of Fort Campbell, the Army base said in a statement early Thursday.

The HH-60 Black Hawk helicopters from the Army's 101st Airborne Division crashed around 10 p.m. Wednesday in Trigg County, Kentucky, to the west of the Army base Fort Campbell, the division said in a Thursday statement. Fort Campbell spokesperson Nondice Thurman confirmed nine soldiers died in the crash.

A statement from Fort Campbell says the two HH-60 Black Hawk helicopters, part of the 101st Airborne Division, crashed in Trigg County in southwestern Kentucky. The 101st Airborne confirmed the crash about 30 miles northwest of Fort Campbell. No one was hurt on the ground.