Tag Archives: flight

101st Airborne Remembers Soldiers of Gander Crash

Posted on December 17, 2011 by jtozer

Story provided by the Army News Service From www.army.mil FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. – “Love is never wasted, love is never lost, love lives on and sees us through sorrow,” said President Ronald Reagan during the Dec. 16, 1985 Fort Campbell …
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Aerial Gunner Trains Afghans on Aircrew Responsibilities

Posted on November 30, 2011 by jtozer

by Senior Airman Patrick McKenna, U.S. Air Forces Central Command Public Affairs From www.afcent.af.mil HERAT, Afghanistan - Tech. Sgt. Christian Corella has been an aerial gunner for more than eight years. He cross trained into the career field after his first four …
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Wednesday Warfighter: Chinook Flight Engineers Fly “All Night Long”

Posted on November 16, 2011 by jtozer

By Spc. Darriel Swatts From the 40th Combat Aviation Brigade CAMP TAJI, Iraq – Flight engineers play an integral role during CH-47 Chinook cargo helicopter flights. They are the eyes in the rear of the aircraft providing vital information to …
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Wednesday Warfighter: Apache Maintainer

Posted on October 19, 2011 by jtozer

Apache pilots and crews run missions 24/7 at this forward operating base. A pace that keeps their maintainers busy, which in many cases, is more complicated than just turning a wrench. We’ll take a look inside the efforts of the …
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Returning Home Safely

Posted on October 3, 2011 by jtozer

During a routine air drop mission over Afghanistan, a C-17 Globemaster assigned to the 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron received a distress signal from a B-1 Lancer. “We were working a complex situation on the ground with some guys taking some fire and …
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