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Four killed in military helicopter crash in US

More than 2,000 UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter variants are in service with the US Military and more than 600 exported.

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The UH-60 helicopter crashed around 5:50 p.m. Monday while on a routine training mission.

Emergency crews located the crash scene and found that all four crew were dead.

The aircraft was flying in the north-east portion of the base when it crashed killing all four crew members.

A board is being assembled to investigate the cause of the crash.

Check back for updates as this story develops.

Names of the deceased crew members won’t be released until 24 hours after their next-of-kin have been notified, officials said.

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All four soldiers on board died; they were assigned to Division West, First Army, according to information from the Army.

Army Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Milley made an unannounced visit to Fort Hood Monday