Remains of 3 National Guardsmen killed in NY helicopter crash recovered The Associated Press January 20 The wreckage of a UH-60 Black Hawk medical evacuation helicopter sits in a field in Mendon, NY., Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021. (Tina MacIntyre-Yee/Democrat & Chronicle via AP) MENDON, N.Y. The U.S. Army will lead the investigation into a helicopter crash that killed three National Guard members on a training exercise, authorities said Thursday after the remains of the troops were recovered from the rural upstate New York crash site. Army aviation safety investigators were expected on scene by Friday morning, Monroe County Sheriff’s Chief Deputy Michael Fowler said at a news conference.
Three National Guard members on a routine training flight were killed Wednesday when their helicopter crashed in a western New York town, an official said.