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Army Identifies 3 New York National Guard Pilots Killed in Black Hawk Crash

Chief Warrant Officer 5 Steven Skoda, Chief Warrant Officer 2 Daniel Prial Chief Warrant Officer 4 Christian Koch were New York National Guard pilots who died when their UH-60 medevac helicopter crashed Jan. 20, 2021.

22 Jan 2021

Military.com | By Matthew Cox

The New York Army National Guard on Friday identified three soldiers who were killed when their UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crashed Wednesday night on a routine training mission.

Chief Warrant Officer 5 Steven Skoda, Chief Warrant Officer 4 Christian Koch and Chief Warrant Officer 2 Daniel Prial were all pilots aboard the medical evacuation helicopter. They died when their aircraft went down while conducting night-vision goggle proficiency training in the local training area, according to a New York Guard news release.The three were assigned to C Company, 1st Battalion, 171st General Support Aviation Battalion, which trains to perform aeromedical evacuation missions, according to the release.