Event Brief
Air Force officer among eight killed in Alaska crash
By The BriefBrief · Sources (3)
Filed: Aug 25, 2026 at 6:00 PM ET
Summary: The Air Force and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers identified 3 of 8 people killed in a civilian-contracted aircraft crash in Western Alaska on Aug. 20. 2nd Lt. Leah R. Borsich, 23, of the 611th Civil Engineer Squadron at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, was among the dead; no survivors were found after an HH-60W and HC-130J supported the response.
WHO: 2nd Lt. Leah R. Borsich; U.S. Air Force; Army Corps of Engineers
WHAT: An aircraft crash killed eight people, including an Air Force officer and two Army Corps of Engineers civilians.
WHEN: Aug 25, 2026
WHERE: Cape Newenham Long Range Radar Site Airport, Western Alaska
WHY: The cause of the crash has not been reported.
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