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JACKSON, Miss. (NewsNation) — Two National Guard members died after a helicopter crashed Friday afternoon during a training flight in northeast Mississippi, officials said.

The aircraft went down in a wooded area near Baldwyn, according to Prentiss County Sheriff Randy Tolar. The site is about 115 miles southeast of Memphis, Tennessee.

The helicopter was an AH-64 Apache “flying a routine training flight,” the Mississippi National Guard said in a news release.

In a statement Friday, Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves said safety crews were working the scene of the crash with local authorities. He confirmed the death of the two unidentified National Guard members.

“Mississippi will always be grateful for their service and we will never forget them,” Reeves said.

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