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Army identifies soldiers killed in helicopter crash near Fort Hood
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The U.S. Army has identified two helicopter pilots who died in an Apache crash during a maintenance test flight in central Texas this week. Chief Warrant Officer 2 Deontre T. Huey, 34, from Killeen, Texas, and Warrant Officer Seth L. Olmstead, 25, from Belton, Texas, were killed when the aircraft crashed into a grassy field Wednesday near Salado, about 30 miles from Fort Hood. They were the only people on board. The Army said it has not released a cause. A safety investigation team from the Army Combat Readiness Center at Fort Rucker, Alabama, arrived Thursday and is leading the probe. Huey joined the Army in 2014 and Olmstead in 2023.
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