{"id":82972,"date":"2024-02-27T17:11:08","date_gmt":"2024-02-27T17:11:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2024\/02\/27\/national-guard-orders-aviation-safety-pause-after-apache-crashes\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T04:22:44","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T04:22:44","slug":"national-guard-orders-aviation-safety-pause-after-apache-crashes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2024\/02\/27\/national-guard-orders-aviation-safety-pause-after-apache-crashes\/","title":{"rendered":"National Guard orders aviation safety pause after Apache crashes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Army National Guard\u2019s top officer ordered a component-wide pause on flight missions Monday after a pair of AH-64D Apache helicopter crashes this month, according to a release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Units across the Guard\u2019s 54 states and territories will \u201creview safety policies and procedures\u201d following the deadly Feb. 23 crash of a Mississippi National Guard Apache helicopter and the Feb. 12 crash of a Utah National Guard Apache.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lt. Gen. Jon Jensen, the Army National Guard\u2019s director, said the stand down aims to \u201censure all of our crews are prepared as well as possible for whatever they\u2019re asked to do.\u201d The release did not specify how long the pause will last. The move comes less than a year after a rare Army-wide safety stand down in April 2023<\/a> ordered by then-chief Gen. James McConville after a pair of mid-air collisions killed 12 soldiers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Army officials have not revealed the causes of the respective crashes, though the service\u2019s safety-focused Combat Readiness Center<\/a> is probing the incidents.<\/p>\n\n\n\t