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| Soldiers of the 10th Mountain Division and a Bravo Company - "Hercules", 159th Aviation Regiment, 18th Aviation Brigade, flight crew unloaded aid supplies from a U.S. CH-47D Chinook helicopter in Nahrin, northern Afghanistan, Wednesday, 27 March 2002. The U.S. military carried medical supplies and tents to the region devastated by Monday's earthquake. B Company was deployed to Afghanistan from Hunter Army Airfield, located near Savannah, Georgia. |
Comes to the Rescue of Ft. Rucker School |
| Savannah, Goergia, April 2001: Kudos are going out to Georgia Army National Guard aviation maintenance personnel as the Georgia Guard has come to the rescue of the flight school at Ft. Rucker. |
| When the school had maintenance problems with their CH-47 Chinook helicopters and needed temporary replacement aircraft, they looked to the National Guard to help - and Georgia was one of the only states that had enough flyable helicopters available. Within a matter of days, two CH-47s were on their way to Ft. Rucker from Detachment 1, Co F, 131st Aviation Regiment, based at Hunter Army Airfield in Savannah. When the call came, the Georgia unit had six of its eight aircraft operational, compared with only three flyable CH-47s out of more than 25 at the school. Additionally, while several states were asked to help out, Georgia was one of only two with enough operational aircraft to be able to provide replacements. |
| "We've got the best team, and our readiness rate reflects it," said Major Steve Joyce, commander of Army Aviation Support Facility III. "More important, this is another great example of us being ambassadors for the "One Army" concept." |
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