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ROCHESTER, N.Y. - Three of the latest model "Chinook" helicopters, which will be flown by the New York Army National Guard at Rochester International Airport, arrive at the Army Aviation Support Facility here on Wednesday afternoon.
Members of the press are invited to observe the arrive of the three CH-47F helicopters assigned to Detachment 1 of Company B 3rd Battalion 126th Aviation and speak with Army National Guard aviators about this latest addition to the New York National Guard aircraft inventory.
WHO: Members of Company B 3rd Battalion 126th Aviation.
WHAT: Arrival of three CH-47F helicopters from Hunter Army Airfield in Savannah, Georgia. The B Company Soldier have been conducting new equipment training there for the past month. One of the new Chinooks was flown back home to Rochester on Oct. 22 and the second arrived on Oct. 24. The aircraft were manufactured at the Boeing plant in Philadelphia this summer. The aircraft can be used to support state emergency response missions as the CH-47D helicopters flown out of Rochester did in 2011 and 2012 when they were used to move priority supplies.
WHEN: Aircraft are expected to arrive around 3 p.m. on, Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2014. Aircraft arrival may be later.
WHERE: Army Aviation Support Facility, 76 Patriot Way Rochester, NY 14624
| Date Taken: | 10.28.2014 |
| Date Posted: | 10.28.2014 17:35 |
| Story ID: | 146372 |
| Location: | ROCHESTER, NY, US |
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