Joint Forces Journal

VOL. 19 - NO. 7
MAR 2 - 9, 2014

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Guard Aviators Train for Afghanistan Mission

FORT HOOD, Texas -- The California Army National Guard's Company B, 1st Battalion, 126th Aviation Regiment, one of the oldest Chinook helicopter units in the Army, is no stranger to Afghanistan. The unit deployed to Regional Command-East five years ago, and all of the unit's pilots-in-command and flight engineers, or PCs and FEs, either were on that deployment or had previously deployed to Afghanistan while on active duty. Although the unit from Stockton, Calif., has ample experience with Afghanistan, they... more


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