Fort Hood identified the two pilots killed in the AH-64E Apache helicopter crash during a training exercise that sparked a wildfire near Salado, Texas.

Two killed after Apache helicopter crash in Salado, Texas, as wildfire sparks evacuations and road closures.

Two soldiers aboard an AH-64 Apache attack helicopter based out of Fort Hood were killed in a crash on Wednesday, according to local authorities and the Army.

The temporary pause on training flights comes two days after two soldiers died during a maintenance test flight.

The helicopter involved in the crash is the AH-64 Apache, which carries a pilot and a co-pilot and is meant for reconnaissance, attacks on armored targets and aerial support for ground troops. The ...

Bell County authorities said two soldiers were killed when an Apache military helicopter crashed in Salado.

Two aviators dead after an AH-64 Apache helicopter from Fort Hood crashes in Salado, Texas, sparking a large wildfire that triggered local evacuations.

Two US Army soldiers died in an Apache helicopter crash in Bell County, Texas, during a routine training flight. The Fort Hood base confirmed the incident as local emergency responders worked at the ...

The incident, about 50 miles north of Austin, sparked a large fire.

Officials in central Texas on Wednesday confirmed that two people were killed after the military helicopter they were flying crashed in Salado. The Bell County Sheriff’s Office said the AH-64 U.S.