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    Last Mission for “Guard Copter 368” [Image 1 of 44]

    Last Mission for “Guard Copter 368”

    FORT DRUM AND MIDDLETOWN, SC, UNITED STATES

    08.17.2016

    Photo by Staff Sgt. Roberto Di Giovine 

    South Carolina National Guard

    Detail of redigned (relatively to the previous D-model Chinooks) engine and hydraulic gages on "Guard Copter 368," a South Carolina Army National Guard (SCARNG) CH-47D Chinook helicopter during its last flight, Aug. 18, 2016, New York, NY. Assigned to Detachment 1, Company B, 2-238th General Support Aviation Battalion, 59th Aviation Troop Command, call-sign “Guard Copter 368” is one of the few CH-47D built as “true D-models,” at the end of the First Gulf War. "368" served with Det. 1 for the last ten years, both in support of state operations and during the unit deployments to Afghanistan, in 2009 and 2013; during its service, “368” earned a reputation for reliability and sturdiness among the unit’s pilots, maintainers and crew-chiefs. Its last mission started on August 16, from SCARNG Army Aviation Support Facility n. 2, Greenville, SC, and included a stop at Fort Drum, NY, where Det.1 received a newer F-model Chinook from Company B, 3-10 GSAB “Colossal,” 10th CAB, 10th Mountain (Infantry Light) Division. 368’s last mission resumed on Friday, Aug. 18, as a two-ship formation with the newly acquired CH-47F, and ended at Summit Aviation, Middletown, New Castle County, DE, where 368 will be resold as an airworthy aircraft, through an auction, to either a foreign-military or a private operator. (US Army National Guard Photo by Staff Sgt. Roby Di Giovine/Released)

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    Date Taken: 08.17.2016
    Date Posted: 08.25.2016 15:06
    Photo ID: 2816879
    VIRIN: 160819-Z-II459-014
    Resolution: 4038x2271
    Size: 5.55 MB
    Location: FORT DRUM AND MIDDLETOWN, SC, US

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