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US Army investigates death of medevac pilot who crashed Black Hawk helicopter into another chopper at Georgia base while crewmembers slept

By MELISSA KOENIG FOR DAILYMAIL.COM

The United States Army is investigating whether a crash involving two Black Hawk helicopters at a Georgia airfield last month was carried out intentionally by a medevac pilot.

Capt. James Bellew, 26 was on medevac duty on March 30 at the Wright Army Airfield, a dual use airport between Fort Stewart and the City of Hinesville in Georgia, when two HH-60 Black Hawk helicopters crashed into each other at around 2 a.m.

He was found dead the next morning at the site of the crash.

Bellew was the ‘only crewmember involved in the incident, and he was the only one injured or killed in the incident,’ Col. Lindsey Elder, a spokesperson for the 3rd Infantry Division, told the Army Times

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