{"id":41474,"date":"2017-10-29T13:47:26","date_gmt":"2017-10-29T13:47:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2017\/10\/29\/pentagon-identifies-soldier-killed-in-afghanistan-helicopter-crash\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T03:33:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T03:33:10","slug":"pentagon-identifies-soldier-killed-in-afghanistan-helicopter-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/flashpoints\/2017\/10\/29\/pentagon-identifies-soldier-killed-in-afghanistan-helicopter-crash\/","title":{"rendered":"Pentagon identifies soldier killed in Afghanistan helicopter crash"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Defense Department on Sunday released the name of the soldier killed this week in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chief Warrant Officer 2 Jacob Sims, 36, died Friday in Logar province, Afghanistan, from wounds sustained from the crash, according to a statement from DoD.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sims, who was supporting Operation Freedom\u2019s Sentinel, was assigned to 4th Battalion, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment. He was stationed at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Six other service members were injured in the crash.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/flashpoints\/2017\/10\/28\/one-us-service-member-killed-after-helicopter-crash-in-afghanistan\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"179\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ARM-helo-silhouette-web.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">One US service member killed after helicopter crash in Afghanistan<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The helicopter was not downed by enemy fire, officials said.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The military has not released much information about the crash except to say that the helicopter was not downed by enemy fire. The incident is under investigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sims, who was born in Oklahoma, joined the Army in August 1999, according to information from U.S. Army Special Operations Command.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After completing initial entry training, Sims was assigned to Fort Bragg, North Carolina, as a combat engineer. He later completed Warrant Officer Flight Training and was assigned Fort Wainwright, Alaska, as a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter pilot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sims then volunteered to serve in the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, graduating from Officer Green Platoon in April 2014. Sims was assigned to the regiment\u2019s A Company, 4th Battalion, on Joint Base Lewis-McChord, where he served as a MH-47G pilot-in-command and company aviation safety officer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sims deployed in support of Operation Joint Guardian in Kosovo, and deployed numerous times to Iraq and Afghanistan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOn behalf of the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, I would like to extend my most sincere condolences to the family of CW2 Jacob Sims,\u201d said Col. Philip Ryan, commander of the 160th SOAR, in a statement. \u201cJacob lived by a creed that few understand and even fewer embody. 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