Navy Knighthawk Helicopter Crashes Near Pocahontas-Randolph County Line

February 18, 2010

Cass, WV – At approximately 3:30 pm Thursday, Feb 18th, a US Navy Knighthawk helicopter crashed in a remote area near the Pocahontas-Randolph County line in WV, north of Lewisburg. The helicopter, carrying 14 Navy and 3 Nat Guard personnel from Ft. Pickett near Blackstone Virginia, left earlier in the day on its way to Ft Dawson in Preston County. According to the Navy, the helicopter is assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Support Squadron 26 from Naval Station Norfolk. It was participating in Operation Southbound Trooper X at the time of the crash. Operation Southern Trooper is an annual Naval exercise.

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Heather is our Program Director and Traffic Manager. She started with Allegheny Mountain Radio as a volunteer deejay. She then joined the AMR staff in February of 2007. Heather grew up in the Richmond, Virginia, area and now lives in Arbovale, West Virginia with her husband Chuck. Heather is a wonderful flute player, and choir director for Arbovale UMC. You can hear Heather along with Chuck on Tuesday nights from 6 to 8pm as they host two hours of jazz on Something Different.
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