Helicopter Crash Tragedy: Identifying the Mississippi National Guardsmen Who Lost Their Lives

Jackson, Mississippi – Two National Guardsmen from Mississippi tragically lost their lives in a helicopter crash on Friday. Governor Tate Reeves confirmed the identities of Chief Warrant Officer 4 Bryan Andrew Zemek, 36, and Chief Warrant Officer 4 Derek Joshua Abbott, 42, in a social media statement. Zemek served as an AH-64 Delta Apache standardization instructor pilot in Alpha Company 1st Battalion, 149th Aviation Regiment, while Abbott was a maintenance test pilot in Delta Company …

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