The U.S. Army said Friday it is temporarily halting Apache helicopter training flights after two soldiers were killed earlier this week in a crash near Fort Hood, Texas.

The helicopter crashed in central Texas after taking off from Fort Hood.

Officials say an Army Apache attack helicopter crashed in a central Texas field, killing both people on board and sparking a wildfire that forced several homes to be evacuated.

The Bell County Sheriff’s Office said the AH-64 U.S. Army Apache attack helicopter, which is based at Fort Hood, crashed into a field.

A military official said the helicopter was undergoing a routine training flight before it went down