Training Progression News Today

a fiber freelancer. former vice president mike pence joins wolf blitzer, cnn primetime tonight at nine. top of the hour this thursday. im jim sciutto. great to be with you, jim. hi, everyone. im jessica dean. and any moment now, officials at fort campbell in kentucky will be giving everyone an update after two blackhawk helicopters collided overnight, killing nine u. s service members that is, according to an army official. were standing by for that, and well bring it to you live as so...

>> no more time for questions conclude the press conference. brigadier general lewis. >> good morning, ladies and gentlemen. thank you for being here. i would like to provide a summary of the training accident that occurred last night involving aircraft from the 101st airborne division. at approximately 10:00 p.m. last night two of our blackhawk helicopters were involved in a crash during a planned training flight in kentucky that resulted in the death of all nine service members aboar...

its 10:00 a.m. here in washington. im garrett haake, and we are following breaking news in kentucky. new details this morning about a deadly crash overnight involving two military helicopters during a training exercise. right now at least nine people are reported to be dead according to "the new york times." and were expecting an update momentarily. an american journalist detained in russia. russia claiming "the wall street journal" reporter was caught red handed. the paper vehementl...

They are part of our community of who we are. their loss today is our loss, and were going to stand with both those that are here today and, again, were going to make sure that these families know that they are loved and that they are not alone. thank you. ladies and gentlemen, im prepared to answer your questions. yes, maam. [ inaudible question ] >> yes, maam, this is a training progression and specific they were flying a multiship formation, two ships under night vision goggles the night. yes...

Thank you. ladies and gentlemen , im prepared to answer your questions. yes, maam. what is this training entailed. yes maam. this is a training progression, and specifically, they were flying a multi ship formation. two ships under night vision goggles at night. thats right. channel four out of nashville. for folks unfamiliar with the training exercises. um, is it typical to have that many people on the helicopter was five and four or how many were on each helicopter is a typical to have that ma...