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A UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter lands next to Stryker armored vehicles from the 2nd Cavalry Regiment as they complete their 1,800 km "Dragoon Ride" from Estonia, Lithuania and Poland on April 1. The 16th Sustainm More

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A U.S. Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crew assigned to Task Force Flying Dragon, 16th Combat Aviation Brigade, 7th Infantry Division prepares for a flight at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, April 1, 2017. The F More

U.S. Army Maj. Gen. JT Thomson, U.S. Forces Afghanistan deputy commanding general for support, speaks to attendees during a Transfer of Authority ceremony at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, April 10, 2017. Task F More

U.S. Army Lt. Col. Travis Habhab, Task Force Gunfighters commander, and Command Sgt. Maj. James Whittenton, TF Gunfighters command sergeant major, case their colors during a Transfer of Authority ceremony at Op More

A Convoy Support Team from the 16th Sustainment Brigade and Lightning Troop, 3-2 Cavalry Regiment departs for the old city of Krakow on March 24 during Operation Dragoon Ride, a capstone exercise for the unit's More

U.S. Army AH-64E Apache helicopter pilots assigned to Task Force Tigershark, 16th Combat Aviation Brigade, 7th Infantry Division depart for a mission at Jalalabad Airfield, Afghanistan, April 25, 2017. TF Tiger More

An AH-64 Apache helicopter with 16th Combat Aviation Brigade, 7th Infantry Division, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., prepares to land on a forward arming and refueling point at Yakima Training Center, Yakima, More

An A-10 Warthog participates in a joint air attack team exercise at Yakima Training Center, Wash., Feb. 26. The exercise was the culmination of three weeks of training between members of the Air Force, Navy and More

AH-64 Apache Helicopter with 4th Heavy Attack Reconnaissance Squadron, 6th Cavalry Regiment, 16th Combat Aviation Brigade, 7th Infantry Division from Joint Base Lewis-McChord, conducts live fire gunnery at Fort More

U.S. Army AH-64 Apache helicopter pilots assigned to Task Force Warhawk, 16th Combat Aviation Brigade, 7th Infantry Division prepare to depart for a mission at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, May 1, 2017. The W More

Lt. Col. Eddy Lee, command, 4th Reconnaissance Squadron, 6th U.S. Cavalry Regiment, passes the squadron colors to Command Sgt. Maj. Matthew Clark, 4th Recon. Sqdn., 6th Cav. Reg., during an activation ceremony More

Pvt. 1st Class Joshua Todak, a Stryker driver with Headquarter and Headquarters Company 5th Regiment, 20th Infantry Battalion, 1-2 Infantry Division, 7th Inf. Div., Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., prepares to More

Sgt. Scott Swain (far right, with machine gun) and Sgt. Ricardo Aquino (center) defend a hilltop as a 16th Sustainment Brigade logistics supply column passes by at exercise Saber Junction 15. Swain and Aquino More

An Apache helicopter pilot flies his airframe to the ammunition restock point after unloading all its rounds into a target at the 16th Combat Aviation Brigade aerial gunnery Oct. 24.

C Troop, 4th Heavy Attack Reconnaisance Squadron, 6th Cavalry Regiment, conducts night flight training, Mar. 15, 2018 at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash. (U.S. Army photos by Sgt. Maricris C. McLane)

U.S. Army Lt. Col. Jacob Dlugosz, Task Force Fighting Eagles commander, and Command Sgt. Maj. Dwight Evans, TF Fighting Eagles command sergeant major, case their colors during a Transfer of Authority ceremony a More

Lt. Col. Jennifer Reynolds, Task Force Nightmare commander, presents a token of appreciation to Lt. Col. Robert Bryant, TF Warhawk commander, prior to their Transfer of Authority ceremony at Kandhahar Airfield, More

Second Lt. Kyle Hensley (far right) and Sgt. Oscar Jasso (second from right) set up a refueling point as cavalrymen ended a 280 km convoy from Drowsko-Pomorskie, Poland. Hensley, the Convoy Support Team command More

An AH-64D Apache Longbow belonging to 1st Attack Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Aviation Regiment, heads out on a mission Nov. 16, 2007. The 1-1 ARB "Gunfighter" air crews work around the clock sustaining air op More

An AH-64D Apache Longbow belonging to 1st Attack Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Aviation Regiment, heads out on a mission on Dec. 22, 2007. The 1-1 ARB "Gunfighter" air and ground crews work around the clock sus More

Spc. Christopher Metzger of Company A, 1st Attack Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Aviation Regiment, checks the gun sights of AH-64D Apache Longbow helicopter gunship for a night time mission. The 1-1 ARB Gunfigh More

AH-64 Apaches, belonging to the 1st Attack Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Aviation Regiment, prepare to take off from Forward Operating Base Warhorse, Iraq, Jan. 18. The Apaches are stationed at Contingency Oper More

Pfc. Brian Smith, a Laceyville, Pa., native, struggles to loosen a pin that holds the blade of an AH-64 Apache Longbow helicopter in place March 1. Smith is an aviation maintainer and a member of Troop N, 4th S More

Capt. Nate Thompson, right, 1st Attack Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Aviation Regiment, "Gunfighters", shakes the hand of Col. Jessie O. Farrington, commander, Combat Aviation Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, a More

A Task Force Destiny AH-64 Apache helicopter provides protection for two reconnaissance helicopters, OH-58D Kiowa Warriors, as part of a heavy weapons team which protects ground forces and Afghan civilians fro More

U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer 2 Elisabeth Dodge, an AH-64 Apache helicopter test maintenance pilot with Task Force Attack, checks the condition of the rear rotor blade of an Apache during a preflight inspecti More

Two U.S. Army Black Hawks and a King Air 300, Task Force Observe, Detect, Identify, and Neutralize-Afghanistan, wait on a C-130 Hercules to land before their departure on Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan. (U.S. Ar More

A U.S. Army AH-64 Apache attack helicopter lands at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, Jan. 7, 2012. The Apache conducts distributed operations, precision strikes against relocatable targets, and provides armed rec More

U.S. Army Spc. Tung Vu, of Indianapolis, Ind., petroleum supply specialist with Task Force Saber, refuels an Apache returning from a maintenance test flight.

A King Air 300 from Bravo Company, 306th Aerial Exploitation Battalion, Task Force Observe, Detect, Identify, and Neutralize - Afghanistan, sits on the Delta East Ramp during sunset on Bagram Air Base, Afghanis More

U.S. Army Sgt. Blake Gordon, of Cowden, Ill., and Spc. Jeffrey Bates, of Bathe, N.Y., fight to keep aircraft free of snow during a snow storm at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, Jan. 22. This is the second major More

A Task Force Corsair UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter sits on a pad at Forward Operating Base Shank. Corsair is one of 6 multiple-function aviation task forces deployed under the 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade throug More

A U.S. Army AH-64 Apache attack helicopter flies overhead on Feb. 5 at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan.

Task Force Atlas's "Red Ball Express" is one of a few small commuter planes shuttling troops and parts across RC-East for the 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade. By using the plane instead of combat helicopters to sh More

Spc. Gabriele Harper, an 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade food service specialist from Memphis, Tenn., removes fresh pizza from the oven just prior to the Super Bowl. "Pizzas 4 Patriots," a nonprofit organization i More

Task Force Saber Command Sgt. Maj. Frankie Woods of Hampton, S.C., conducts his rounds on Forward Operating Base Fenty, Feb. 23. Woods has been a sergeant major for 13 years, and is one of seven task force serg More

Task Force Saber Cmd. Sgt. Maj. Frankie Woods, of Hampton, S.C., stops to chat as Spc. Matrix Morton, of West Valley City, Utah, works on a generator Feb. 22 on Forward Operating Base Fenty, Afghanistan.

U.S. Army Maj. Brad Bertinot, of Bayou Blue, La., Task Force Talon executive officer, and U.S. Army Spc. Yeonju Henderson, of Daejon, South Korea, a supply specialist with Task Force Talon, plan a joint operati More

U.S. Army Sgt. Justin Stover, of Yuma, Ariz., and Spc. Zach Eddy, of Ramsey, Ill., Black Hawk crew chiefs with Task Force Talon, 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade, carry M-240 machine guns, M-16 rifles and M-4 rifle More

A CH-47F Chinook is waiting for takeoff at Forward Operating Base Fenty, Afghanistan, March 1. The Chinook pilots and crew members with 2nd Battalion, 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade, Task Force Poseidon, have flo More

Capt. Michael Stackhouse of Lima, Ohio, and 1st Sgt. Christopher Roche, of Alexandria, Va., 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade, Task Force Saber, place gold combat spurs on the feet of Saber Troopers March 2, 2012. G More

A Task Force Saber, 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade OH-58D Kiowa Warrior patrols the skies near Jalalabad, Afghanistan.

Soldiers with Bravo Company, 7-158th, form up one last time to receive their end of tour awards March 6. During their 10 month deployment, the Spartans, a U.S. Army reserve unit out of Olathe, Kan., were respon More

U.S. Army medical evacuation soldiers with the 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade, Task Force Poseidon, stand at attention in front of coalition forces, March 13. Six U.S. soldiers were awarded the French Cross of th More

U.S. Army Sgt. Derick Bouman, an avionics mechanic with the Ohio National Guard, gives a quick class to U.S. Army Spc. Michael Johnson on the UH-60 Black Hawk generator during scheduled maintenance, March 19. ( More

Four AH-64D Apache Longbows with Task Force Wolfpack depart from Forward Operating Base Salerno in support of combat operations in Ghazni province March 21. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Erin Dierschow, Task Force P More

Two young Afghan girls wait as their family receives food donations near Bamyan, Afghanistan. Bamyan, the site of giant Buddhas carved in the 5th century and later destroyed by the Taliban, is one of the poores More

The 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade Chaplain (Maj.) Stanton Trotter of LaPalma, Calif., presides over Easter sunrise service on Bagram Air Field April 8, just prior to the "Run for Jesus." Trotter, an avid runner, More

Chief Warrant Officer 5 Robert Shober of Fayetteville, N.C., receives an Army Commendation medal from 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade commander Col. T.J. Jamison and Command Sgt. Maj. Larry Farmer April 21. Shober More

Four 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade soldiers were inducted into the Order of Saint Michael on Bagram Air Field, April 21. The award recognizes individuals who have contributed significantly to the promotion of Ar More

The Sergeant Audie Murphy medallion. The Sergeant Audie Murphy club is a private U.S. Army organization for non-commissioned officers only. According to regulation, members must "exemplify leadership characteri More

A Task Force Saber, 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade CH-47 Chinook hovers as ground crews hook a large generator to the heavy-lift aircraft on Forward Operating Base Joyce, Afghanistan. Late-night Chinook airlifts More

The Army Commendation medal with "V" device. The "V" device signifies valorous actions in direct contact with an enemy force. Task Force Saber, 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade, awarded three ARCOMs with "V" device More

The Air Medal is a U.S. military decoration awarded for meritorious achievement while participating in aerial flight. The award was established in 1942. The Army and Air Force both award air medals with "V" dev More

Toby Keith performs for more than 1,000 service members on Bagram Air Field, April 29. Keith is on his 10th USO/Armed Forces Entertainment tour. "I've met so many great, brave service men and women over the yea More

U.S. Army Spc. Mark Jordan, a medevac crew chief from New Albany, Miss., prepares his UH-60 Black Hawk for flight on Forward Operating Base Salerno, Afghanistan, May 9.

U.S. Army Capt. Augustine Castronovo, of Woodland Hills, Calif., and U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Deane Bostick stand watch while 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade Troops salute a memorial dedicated to U.S. Army Staff Serge More

An All-American Dustoff crew unloads a patient wounded in the insurgent attack on Forward Operating Base Salerno, Afghanistan, June 1. The 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade medevac crews were airborne just minutes More

First. Lt. Mathew Fazzari, 25, of College Place, Wash., originally of Walla Walla, Wash., died in when his OH-58D Kiowa helicopter was engaged by enemy forces over eastern Afghanistan June 6. The Gonzaga Univer More

U.S. Army Spc. Jessie Wentworth, of Hesperia, Calif., works on a disassembling a CH-47 Chinook engine aided by Afghan counterparts. Wentworth's unit, the 122nd Aviation Support Battalion, 82nd Combat Aviation B More

This is the charge to newly-promoted non-commissioned officers. Becoming a non-commissioned officer is the most important career-progression step for a young enlisted soldier. Task Force Wolfpack, 82nd Combat A More

Petroleum supply specialists in the 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade customize their helmets with paintings of their hobbies, favorite sports teams, or scenes from their hometowns. Staff Sgt. John Tune, a petroleum More

Sgt. Koku Adzoble, an automated logistical specialist with Task Force Wolfpack, 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade, is deployed to Forward Operating Base Salerno in Afghanistan. Adzoble emigrated to the United States More

Spc. Alfred Kollie escaped civil war in Liberia and more than eight years in a refugee camp to become a U.S. soldier with Task Force Wolfpack, 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade, on Forward Operating Base Salerno, Af More

A soldier from 12th Combat Aviation Brigade power-washes a CH-47 Chinook Helicopter on Camp Marmal, Afghanistan.

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Patrick Rogers of Galveston, Texas, helps U.S. Army Pfc. Michael Halberg of Battle Ground, Wash., and U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Ryan Stumpff of Fort Bragg, N.C., hook up to extraction equipment More

U.S. Army National Guard Spc. Terry Mills, 51, joined the National Guard four years ago, along with his wife, Carol. Both were 47. The retired firefighter wasn't done giving back to his community, and now serve More

The July 4 Valkyrie medevac rescue crew. (From left to right) U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer 3 Lee Jones, of Roxboro, N.C.; U.S. Army Capt. Joshua Aronson, of Austin, Texas; U.S. Army Spc. Terry Mills, of Bran More

U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer 3 Jason Bouchard (left), 35, of Redlands, Calif., and U.S. Army 1st Lt. June Ciaramitaro, 26, of Fort Worth, Texas, prepare a UH-60 Black Hawk medevac helicopter for take-off on More

A French air force EC 725 Caracal helicopter of Task Force Mousquetaire sits on display at Kabul International Airport for a contingent of U.S. Army aviators and commanders from Task Force Pegasus, 82nd Combat More

Tom Lupu (right) of the Liberty Jump Team prepares to land after jumping from a World War II-era C-47 Skytrain during the Super Saturday Air Show at Fort Campbell, Ky., Aug. 11. This jump was particularly speci More

A CH-47 Chinook flies over Campbell Army Airfield to drop off two HMMWVs during an air assault event for the Super Saturday Air Show on Fort Campbell, Ky., Aug. 11. The air show is one of the main attractions d More

U.S. Army Spc. William Rhodes of Shelbyville, Tenn., a CH-47F Chinook crew chief and mechanic, observes for enemy activity from the rear ramp of the massive bird. The fastest helicopter in the Army inventory, C More

An AH-64 Apache flies along a cloud-enshrouded ridgeline in northern Kunar province, Afghanistan, as it conducts a reconnaissance of suspected enemy fighting positions, Aug. 23, 2012.

An airman from the 455th Expeditionary Aerial Port Squadron oversee the offload of several pallets from a U.S. Air Force C-5B Galaxy at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, Aug. 30, 2012. The C-5 has a greater capaci More

More than 30 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade helicopters are being reassembled at the Port of Wilmington to fly back to Fort Bragg after arriving from Afghanistan, Sept. 27. An integral part of the 82nd CAB’s succ More

Sgt. David Kirby swears in for another six years of service in the United States Army.

Corpus Christi Army Depot’s Hangar 43 during the renovation process in 2012, Corpus Christi, Texas. CCAD hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony for Hangar 43, April 13, to mark the completion of renovations for the h More

82nd Combat Aviation Brigade Executive Officer Maj. Kenric Smith presents the colors during the brigade change of command ceremony on Pike Field, Dec. 13. Col. T.J. Jamison, 82nd CAB commander, relinquished com More

Chief Warrant Officer 2 Ryan Drouin, right, and Capt. Ron Braasch, left, pilot a CH-47 Chinook simulator through snow at the Southeast Regional Flight Simulation Training Center on Simmons Army Airfield, Jan. 1 More

U.S. Army Sgt. James Cottrell, a mechanic with Delta Company, 1st Battalion, 101st Combat Aviation Brigade, unwraps UH-60 Black Hawk rotor blades at Forward Operating Base Salerno in Khost province, Afghanistan More

U.S. Army Spc. James Badgett, left, an AH-64D Apache Longbow crew chief with Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 101st Combat Aviation Brigade, speaks with British Army Air Corps Capt. Blake Lee as he loads flight da More

Brigade master gunner U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer 4 Les McNellie, native of Tampa, Fla. and experimental test pilot Maj. Joseph Minor, native of Grants Pass, Ore. of Troop C, 2nd Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regi More

Soldiers assigned to the U.S. Army Garrison Ansbach conduct AH-64 Apache longbow missile training at the Illesheim fly simulator in Ansbach, Bavaria, Germany, April 16, 2013. The simulator provides the pilots a More

Stephen Middaugh, instructor operator for the longbow trainer, assigned to the U.S. Army Garrison Ansbach, monitors the AH-64 Apache longbow missile training at the Illesheim fly simulator in Ansbach, Bavaria, More

U.S. Army Aviation Center of Excellence and Fort Rucker, Ala., Commander Maj. Gen. Kevin Mangum visits with Lt. Col. William Braman, Commander, Charlie Company,3rd Battalion, 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade, in th More

An AH-64 Apache helicopter takes off from a forward area refueling point while a second one prepares to leave after being refueled at McGregor Range, N.M., June 11, 2013.

AH-64 Apaches from 1st Battalion, 25th Aviation Regiment, 25th Infantry Division, participated in a research demonstration for the U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management Front Range District More

U.S. Soldiers with Echo Company, 2nd Battalion, 159th Aviation Regiment, 12th Combat Aviation Brigade, practice setting up their M978 HEMTT fuel tanker for aircraft refueling operations. July 31, 2013, in Oberd More

An AH-64 Apache helicopter from 1st Attack/Reconnaissance Battalion, 10th Combat Aviation Brigade, taxis down the flight line after a security and reconnaisance mission, Oct. 11, at Forward Operating Base Fenty More

Soldiers from the 449th Aviation Support Battalion (Texas Army National Guard) conduct a Loading Exercise (LOADEX) and a convoy during a training event in Kuwait while a UH-60 "Black Hawk" helicopter provides c More

Family and friends from the 1st Attack Reconnaissance Battalion, 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade, get in line to climb inside an AH-64 Apache helicopter during the Wolfpack BattalionÕs family day at the aerial gun More

An AH-64E Apache flies over a hangar with snow-covered mountains in the background. The 1-229th Attack Reconnaissance Battalion at JBLM became the first unit equipped with the E model Apache in May 2013. Photo More

AH-64D, UH-60M, and CH-47G aircraft from 101st Combat Aviation Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault,) line up on the runway at Stewart International Airport, New Windsor, N.Y., Jan. 31, 2014. The pilot More

A CH-47 Chinook helicopter passes over the edge of the stadium during the Super Bowl flyover at Met Life Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J., Feb. 2, 2014. (U.S. Army photo by Capt. Christina Wright, 101st CAB Pub More

Staff Sgt. Jonathan Mize, B Company, 6th Battalion, 101st Combat Aviation Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), watches for hazards on the ground before flying to the Super Bowl at Stewart Internation More

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Lee McWhorther, of the 2nd Airlift Squadron, 43rd Airlift Wing, attaches cables in the Army’s Unit Maintenance Aerial Recovery Kit to the rotary system of an AH-64 Apache Helicopter at More

Soldiers with 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), conduct close-combat attack (CCA) training March 4, 2014, at the Oberdachstetten Local Training Area. These f More

Maj. Cayton Johnson (top), a Charleston, S.C., native and operations officer for the 1st Air Cavalry Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, gives a walkthrough of the AH-64D Apache helicopter to cadets with the U.S. Mi More