{"id":103633,"date":"2020-08-12T16:24:26","date_gmt":"2020-08-12T20:24:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=103633"},"modified":"2020-08-12T16:26:36","modified_gmt":"2020-08-12T20:26:36","slug":"military-helicopter-shot-at-from-ground-in-virginia-crew-injury-reported","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=103633","title":{"rendered":"Military Helicopter Shot at From Ground in Virginia-Crew Injury Reported"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_103634\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-103634\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-103634\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/UN-H1-Huey-500x328.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"328\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/UN-H1-Huey-500x328.png 500w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/UN-H1-Huey-300x197.png 300w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/UN-H1-Huey-768x503.png 768w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/UN-H1-Huey.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-103634\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">A UN-H1 helicopter got shot at from the ground. It made an emergency landing at Manassas Regional Airport. (Air Force)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>An Air Force helicopter was conducting a training flight over Virginia when it was shot at from the ground. It made an emergency landing at Manassas Regional Airport.\u00a0 One of the crew members got treated for a minor injury then released. The helicopter itself got damaged.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">From the Air Force Times:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The FBI is investigating the incident, along with the Air Force Office of Special Investigations, Andrews said, and the initial findings are that a bullet struck the aircraft.<\/p>\n<p>Richard Allabaugh, the airport operations officer at Manassas Regional Airport, said in an interview that the airport&#8217;s tower alerted them at about 12:20 p.m. that a military helicopter was coming in with an in-flight emergency.<\/p>\n<p>One person aboard the helicopter had a bleeding hand, Allabaugh said the tower reported.<\/p>\n<p>At 12:43, Andrews said, the helicopter landed safely. Paramedics arrived shortly afterwards, Allabaugh said.<\/p>\n<p>The FBI&#8217;s Washington field office said in a statement that it dispatched special agents and its Evidence Response Team to the airport after receiving reports that a helicopter had been shot at from the ground nearby.<\/p>\n<p>The FBI said its field office &#8220;is working jointly with our law enforcement partners, including the Air Force Office of Special Investigations, to determine the circumstances surrounding the incident.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The injured man in the helicopter was treated and released at a hospital, the FBI said.<\/p>\n<p>The FBI asked that anyone near the area at the time of the incident, who may have information, call the Washington field office at 202-278-2000.<\/p>\n<p>The 1st Helicopter Squadron has crews on alert around the clock for several vital missions, such as providing airlift for distinguished visitors, the Air Force District of Washington&#8217;s website said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The Air Force Times has more details in this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.airforcetimes.com\/news\/your-air-force\/2020\/08\/12\/air-force-helicopter-shot-while-flying-over-virginia-crew-member-injured\/\">article<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An Air Force helicopter was conducting a training flight over Virginia when it was shot at &hellip; <a title=\"Military Helicopter Shot at From Ground in Virginia-Crew Injury Reported\" class=\"hm-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=103633\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Military Helicopter Shot at From Ground in Virginia-Crew Injury Reported<\/span>Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":661,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[187],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-103633","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-air-force"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103633","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/661"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=103633"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103633\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":103635,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103633\/revisions\/103635"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=103633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=103633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=103633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}