The Army on Friday announced it's temporarily grounding all Apache helicopter flights following the fatal crash near Fort Hood, Texas, earlier this week. This photo provided by the Bell County Sheriff's Office shows the scene of an Army Apache helicopter crash Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2026, near Salado, Texas. A two-seater Army Apache attack helicopter based at Fort Hood "experienced a mishap ... during a maintenance test flight" on Wednesday and crashed in a field near Fort Hood, according to the Army.