Overview
- U.S. Army Special Operations Command identified the fallen as Chief Warrant Officers Andrew Cully and Andrew Kraus and Sergeants Donavon Scott and Jadalyn Good.
- All four served with the 4th Battalion, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, which conducts high-risk nighttime missions.
- The MH-60M Black Hawk went down around 9 p.m. on Sept. 17 near Summit Lake in the Capitol National Forest west of Olympia during routine training.
- The crash ignited roughly one acre of wildfire, initially hindering access for rescuers, according to state and local officials.
- The Army Combat Readiness Center from Fort Rucker is leading the investigation, and USASOC publicly thanked regional sheriffs, fire departments and the Washington Department of Natural Resources for recovery support.