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Caught on camera: Apache helicopters flying low over Green River

Posted at 4:38 PM, Aug 12, 2023
and last updated 2023-08-14 17:11:37-04

GRAND COUNTY, Utah — Military choppers flying just feet above you is something you wouldn't expect to see on a river rafting trip in a remote area of Utah.

Jeremy Pugh, the editor of Salt Lake Magazine, was on the Green River this week and sent FOX 13 the videos.

While his group was stopped on the bank of the river near Desolation Canyon, four Apache helicopters flew past them surprisingly low.

Apaches are used by the U.S. Army and the National Guard. A Utah National Guard spokesman later confirmed that the helicopters are from the 1-211th Attack Reconnaissance Battalion based in West Jordan.

Watch the fly-by in the video above!

Correction: A previous version of this story misstated that the river trip doubled as a fundraiser for a business. While the trip was organized through the business, the trip did not raise funds for it. Pugh also later clarified that four Apaches flew above them; not two.