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Chief Warrant Officers Jesse Anderson, George "Geoff" Laubhan, and Matthew Peltzer were killed when their helicopter crashed Feb. 2, 2021, just east of Boise.

Idaho National Guard: Bad weather, human error caused deadly Black Hawk crash The three experienced pilots had lost sight of the mountains around them in the thick fog, and were flying by instruments alone when the helicopter went down. Author: Katie Terhune Updated: 1:08 PM MST March 6, 2021 BOISE, Idaho — Three Idaho National Guard pilots killed in a helicopter crash last month had lost visibility with the mountains around them in the snow and fog, and were flying by instruments alone when the Black Hawk went down, officials say. According to the initial fi...

Helicopter training crash near Boise kills 3 Idaho National Guard members Jacob Scholl, Idaho Statesman © George Frey/Getty Images North America/TNS A National Guard maintenance worker looks over the rotor assembly of an UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter on March 4, 2020, in Kearns, Utah. BOISE — Three members of the Idaho Army National Guard were killed when a Black Hawk helicopter went down just south of Lucky Peak Reservoir near Boise on Tuesday, and a commander said at a news conference Wednesday that there was no “mayday” or other type of distress call prior to the cra...