An Army AH-64 Apache crash at Fort Riley, Kansas, on Tuesday left two pilots injured, marking yet another aviation incident in a string of crashes for the service. The pair of soldiers with the 1st Infantry Division’s Combat Aviation Brigade were being treated for injuries after the crash, which occurred during gunnery training, according to […]
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Call for Entire Ninth Circuit Rehearing of Apache Stronghold to Vindicate Tribal Nations’ Land-based Religious Practices
On April 25, 2024, the Tohono O’odham Nation, the National Congress of American Indians, the Inter-Tribal Association of Arizona, the Association on American Indian Affairs, and the National Association of Tribal Historic Preservation Officers filed an amicus brief urging all 29 Judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit to rehear Apache Stronghold v. U.S. […]
Apache Stronghold appeals Oak Flat copper mine case to full 9th Circuit appeals court
Grassroots group Apache Stronghold took the next step in its fight to prevent a proposed copper mine from destroying Oak Flat, one of the Apache peoples’ most sacred sites, asking the entire 29-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to review its lawsuit. The request delays, at least for now, an appeal […]
Army endures third Apache mishap in two months
An Army AH-64E Apache helicopter accident in Washington state on Monday night sent two crew members to the hospital, an official confirmed. The pair survived the aviation mishap and were taken to Madigan Army Medical Center, where they remain “in stable condition,” a spokesperson from 7th Infantry Division told Military Times Wednesday. The identities of […]
Wattisham Apache helicopters make way for new Army model
Army Air Corps attack helicopters used in Afghanistan and Libya have made their last operational flight more than 20 years after taking to the skies. Apache Mark 1s of 656 Squadron landed at Wattisham Flying Station in Suffolk on Monday after a farewell tour. Wattisham-based units had flown the helicopter, which is being replaced by […]
Appeals court rejects Apache Stronghold bid to block Resolution Ccopper mine at Oak Flat
A federal appeals court on Friday narrowly rejected a bid by the grassroots group Apache Stronghold to block a land swap that would allow copper mining at Oak Flat, one of the Apache peoples’ most sacred sites. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals agreed with a lower court’s ruling that the mine would not […]