22 US troops injured in Syria in helicopter 'mishap' Sunday, military says
Twenty-two U.S. service members were injured on Sunday in northeastern Syria in a "mishap," military officials said Monday. Twenty-two U.S. service members were injured on Sunday in northeastern Syria in a "mishap" involving a helicopter, military officials said Monday. "The cause of the incident is under investigation, although no enemy fire was reported," U.S. Central Command said in a statement. The service members had "various degrees" of injuries, officials said. Ten were evacuated to Health care facilities outside the region, the statement said. Military officials in April ordered a 24-hour stand-down of all aviation units following two deadly mid-air helicopter collisions within 30 days. Two Apache helicopter s crashed in April in Alaska, killing three soldiers and leaving another injured . Elsewhere, two HH-60 Blackhawk helicopters collided in late March near Fort Campbell, Kentucky, killing nine Army soldiers aboard. "The safety...