{"id":109732,"date":"2021-01-22T13:56:41","date_gmt":"2021-01-22T18:56:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=109732"},"modified":"2021-01-22T13:56:41","modified_gmt":"2021-01-22T18:56:41","slug":"three-pilots-die-in-ny-natl-guard-helicopter-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=109732","title":{"rendered":"Three pilots die in NY Natl Guard helicopter crash"},"content":{"rendered":"
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CW5 Steven Skoda, age 54, from Rochester, NY; Chief Warrant Officer 4 Christian Koch, age 39, from Honeoye Falls, NY; and Chief Warrant Officer Two Daniel Prial, age 30, from Rochester, NY.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The KoB sends in the sad news that three warriors were lost in a helicopter crash this week while conducting a nighttime training flight. All three pilots were highly experienced aviators. From Fox News<\/a>;<\/p>\n

The UH-60 Black Hawk medical evacuation helicopter crashed in a farmer\u2019s field near Mendon, south of Rochester, around 6:30 p.m. Wednesday. There were no survivors.<\/p>\n

The crew had been conducting night vision goggle proficiency training in the local training area, the National Guard said. The helicopter was based at the Army Aviation Support Facility at Rochester International Airport.<\/p>\n

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Skoda served in the Army from 1985 to 1987 and joined the National Guard 1987. He was a veteran of the Afghanistan War and was deployed there in 2013 and 2019.<\/p>\n

He was a UH-60 senior instructor pilot and maintenance test pilot with nearly 5,000 flying hours and worked full time as a National Guard technician.<\/p>\n

Koch, a 20-year member of the Guard, served in the war in Afghanistan and the war in Iraq. He also was a civilian pilot for the New York State Police, which said he was recently honored by the Red Cross for his role in the rescue of an 11-year-old boy who fell 100 feet down a ravine in June.<\/p>\n

Koch is survived by his wife and four children, state police said.<\/p>\n

Prial served in the Army after earning a commission at the United States Military Academy at West Point in 2012.<\/p>\n

He served as a medical evacuation platoon leader with the 82nd Airborne Division’s 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade and deployed to Afghanistan in 2014 and 2015. He became a captain before accepting an appointment as a warrant officer in the Guard so he could continue to fly, officials said.<\/p>\n

Prial worked at the Aviation Support Facility as a federal technician.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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