Images: Black Hawk helps in flood effort [Image 9 of 9]
Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Craig Collins
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The Missouri National Guard assisted Atchison County authorities with personnel and a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter to repair levee L550 near Phelps City as the fight against the flood continues. The Black Hawk was used to move over 145 sandbags weighing two thousand pounds each onto areas of the levee damaged by overtopping in recent days. The levee is being repaired with the expectation that it will prevent a full breach which would cause more severe flooding and would close state highway 136 located nearby. In this photo, Sgt. Arron Keesler, C Company, 1/106th Avn. Rgmt., Sgt. Joshua Graham, A Battery, 1/129th Field Artillery and Spc. Shane Anderson, HHB, 1/129th Field Artillery run from underneath a Blackhawk Helicopter flown by Capt. Adam Freeman, C Company, 1/106th Avn. Rgmt. and Chief Warrant Officer Pat Muenks, 1107th Aviation Group during sandbagging operations.
Date Taken:06.21.2011
Date Posted:06.21.2011 19:19
Photo ID:418602
VIRIN:110621-A-#####-162
Location:PHELPS CITY, MO, US
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