Last Mission for “Guard Copter 368” [Image 30 of 44]

FORT DRUM AND MIDDLETOWN, SOUTH CAROLINA, UNITED STATES

08.17.2016

Photo by Staff Sgt. Roberto Di Giovine 

South Carolina National Guard

U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer James Pressley, Detachment 1, Company B, 2-238th General Support Aviation Battalion, 59th Aviation Troop Command, S.C. Army National Guard (SCARNG) performs an equipment inventory and inspection upon receiving a CH-47F from Company B, 3-10 GSAB “Colossal,” 10th CAB, 10th Mountain (Infantry Light) Division, Aug. 17, 2016, Fort Drum, NY. The helicopter escorted its predecessor, CH-47D "Guard Copter 368" during its last mission. “Guard Copter 368” is one of the few CH-47D originally 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 the newer F-model Chinook, "793," from Company B, 3-10 GSAB “Colossal,” 10th CAB, 10th Mountain (Infantry Light) Division. 793 and 368 resumed the cross-country flight on Friday, Aug. 18, as a two-ship formation, and ended (for 368) 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. 793 is one of six CH-47F Chinook helicopters Det.1 is in the process of receiving from 3-10th GSAB, as a replacement for its (retiring) older aircrafts. (US Army National Guard Photo by Sgt. Tommy Hunt/Released)

• Date Taken: 08.17.2016
• Date Posted: 08.25.2016 15:07
• Photo ID: 2816970
• VIRIN: 160819-Z-II459-130
• Resolution: 4288x2848
• Size: 6.39 MB
• Location: FORT DRUM AND MIDDLETOWN, SOUTH CAROLINA, US