Gov. Andy Beshear orders flags to half-staff on Friday

FRANKFORT, Ky. – Gov. Andy Beshear has ordered that flags at all state buildings be lowered to half-staff from sunrise to sunset Friday, June 27 in honor of a Fort Campbell soldier who died in an aviation accident.

U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer Dustin Kelly Wright, 40, of Woodlawn, Tennessee, died as the result of wounds from an AH-64 Apache helicopter training accident at Fort Campbell on Wednesday, June 11.

Wright was assigned to Company C, 1st Battalion, 101st Combat Aviation Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault)…

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