Guardsmen Brave Elements During 12-Hour Dike Patrol Shifts [Image 10 of 10]

FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA, UNITED STATES

03.19.2010

Photo by Senior Master Sgt. David Lipp 

119th Wing, North Dakota Air National Guard

A Minnesota Army National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter practices sling load operations March 19, Fargo, N.D. Sgt. 1st Class Todd Suderheimer, of the 2/147th Aviation Battalion, is training North Dakota Air National Guard members on the ground how to link a 1.5 ton sandbag unto the helicopter cable so that the sandbag can be transported to a simulated flood fighting location. The training and placement of the large sandbags are in preparation for UH-60 helicopter sling-load flood operations, should they be necessary in an emergency situation with rising flood waters anywhere in eastern North Dakota.

• Date Taken: 03.19.2010
• Date Posted: 03.19.2010 19:58
• Photo ID: 261422
• VIRIN: 100319-F-0681L-160
• Resolution: 2848x4288
• Size: 4.28 MB
• Location: FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA, US