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The pilots were conducting a training mission in the AH-64D
Apache helicopter when it went down around 7 p.m., said Idaho
National Guard spokesman Colonel Timothy Marsano.
Both of the pilots, whose identities have not been released,
were killed in the crash, Marsano said. First responders as well
as National Guard personnel responded to the scene, Marsano
said.
"The men and women of the Idaho National Guard are united in
grief at the loss of two of our brothers in arms, who gave their
lives while training to defend our nation," Idaho National Guard
Commander Major General Gary Sayler said in a statement.
An investigation into what caused the crash will take place,
Marsano said.
(Reporting by Curtis Skinner in San Francisco; Editing by Robert
Birsel and Joseph Radford)
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