The Army has released a report on its investigation into a mid-air helicopter crash in a remote mountainous area 60 miles south of Fort Wainwright that killed three soldiers on April 27, 2023.
The three soldiers who died were in two separate AH64Delta Apache helicopters, and were assigned to the 1st Attack Battalion, 25th Aviation Regiment: 39-year-old Chief Warrant Officer 3 Christopher Eramo, of New York; 28-year-old Chief Warrant Officer 2 Kyle McKenna, of Colorado, and 32-year-old Warrant Officer 1 Stewart Wayment, of Utah.
Eramo joined the Army in 2005 and graduated from Warrant Officer Candidate School in 2012, the statement from the Army said. He was stationed at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage from 2005 to 2010 and at Fort Wainwright from 2016 to 2018. He returned to Alaska for his current tour in June, officials said. He had nine awards of the Army Commendation Medal, six awards of the Army Achievement Medal, the Valorous Unit Award, the Meritorious Unit Citation, the National Defense Service Medal, the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal and the Army Service Ribbon.
McKenna was commissioned in 2018 as a second lieutenant and became a warrant officer in 2021 before he reported to Alaska, the statement said. He had been awarded the Army Commendation Medal, the Army Achievement Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, the Army Service Ribbon and both the Parachute and Air Assault badges.
Wayment joined the Army in 2017 and graduated from Warrant Officer Candidate School in 2020, the statement said. He reported to Alaska in July. He was awarded five Army Achievement Medals, the National Defense Service Medal, the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal and the Army Service Ribbon.
The Army has released a report on its investigation into a mid-air helicopter crash in a remote mountainous area 60 miles south of Fort Wainwright that killed three soldiers on April 27, 2023.
The three soldiers who died were in two separate AH64Delta Apache helicopters, and were assigned to the 1st Attack Battalion, 25th Aviation Regiment: 39-year-old Chief Warrant Officer 3 Christopher Eramo, of New York; 28-year-old Chief Warrant Officer 2 Kyle McKenna, of Colorado, and 32-year-old Warrant Officer 1 Stewart Wayment, of Utah.
Eramo joined the Army in 2005 and graduated from Warrant Officer Candidate School in 2012, the statement from the Army said. He was stationed at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage from 2005 to 2010 and at Fort Wainwright from 2016 to 2018. He returned to Alaska for his current tour in June, officials said. He had nine awards of the Army Commendation Medal, six awards of the Army Achievement Medal, the Valorous Unit Award, the Meritorious Unit Citation, the National Defense Service Medal, the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal and the Army Service Ribbon.
McKenna was commissioned in 2018 as a second lieutenant and became a warrant officer in 2021 before he reported to Alaska, the statement said. He had been awarded the Army Commendation Medal, the Army Achievement Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, the Army Service Ribbon and both the Parachute and Air Assault badges.
Wayment joined the Army in 2017 and graduated from Warrant Officer Candidate School in 2020, the statement said. He reported to Alaska in July. He was awarded five Army Achievement Medals, the National Defense Service Medal, the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal and the Army Service Ribbon.
