Two contractors died in separate aviation-related accidents this week while on the job at Fort Novosel, Alabama, and Fort Belvoir, Virginia, Army spokespeople confirmed to Military.com on Thursday.
An Army contractor died Wednesday afternoon when the AH-64 Apache helicopter he was teaching a student to fly crashed at Fort Novosel, the base said in a press release.
The Apache crashed during “routine flight training” around 1:40 p.m. local time, killing the instructor pilot and injuring his student.
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Dale County Coroner John Cawley identified the deceased instructor as Daniel Munger, 46, of Enterprise, Alabama. He was medically evaluated at the crash site and later pronounced dead, the Army said.
Munger was an Army veteran who retired at the rank of chief warrant officer three, Enterprise Mayor William Cooper said on Facebook on Thursday. He “served his country and upon retirement chose to continue to share his passion with future Army aviators,” Cooper wrote.
A public LinkedIn profile that appeared to belong to Munger listed him as departing the Army after nearly three decades as an infantryman and helicopter pilot. He joined the U.S. branch of Canada-based military training contractor CAE in 2022 as an Apache instructor pilot, according to the profile.
CAE spokesperson Wendy Stough confirmed Munger’s employment in an email…
