Photo by Master Sgt. George Roach | 111th Attack Wing | 09.15.2018
Members of the Pennsylvania National Guard and the PA-HART while forward deployed for Hurricane Florence, rehearse Standard Radio Communications procedures while waiting word to launch on a mission. Crews regularly prep and run scenarios while waiting for the weather and missions to come through. L-R Sgt. Matthew Engle, Darrin Kephart (PA-HART), Budd Kauffman, (PA-HART), Staff Sgt. Matthew......
Photo by Master Sgt. George Roach | 111th Attack Wing | 09.14.2018
As Hurricane Florence made landfall, members of the Pennsylvania National Guard and the Pennsylvania HART (Helicopter Aquatic Rescue Team) relocated from Joint Base McEntire, South Carolina to Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina. Sending a CH-47F Chinook and their UH-60 Blackhawks together with their flight crews and rescue techs. This elite team has positioning itself to support the state......
Photo by Master Sgt. George Roach | 111th Attack Wing | 09.14.2018
Members of the PA-HART (Helicopter Aquatic Rescue Team) and the Pennsylvania National Guard discuss staging arrangements after securing their CH-47F Chinook Helicopter at Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina. This team arrived in a CH-47F and their UH-60 Blackhawks together with their flight crews and rescue techs. This elite team has positioned itself to support the state of South Carolina......
Photo by Master Sgt. George Roach | 111th Attack Wing | 09.14.2018
Sgt. Matthew Engle, mechanic with the Pennsylvania Army National Guard inspects his CH-47F Chinook helicopter after relocating from Joint Base McEntire, near Columbia, South Carolina to Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina. Post Flight inspections are routine and insure that maximum safety standards are maintained while providing hurricane relief as Hurricane Florence approaches....
Photo by Master Sgt. George Roach | 111th Attack Wing | 09.14.2018
Sgt. Brian Duran, CH-47 crew chief, stays alert as members of the Pennsylvania National Guard and the Pennsylvania Helicopter Aquatic Rescue Team relocate from Joint Base McEntire, South Carolina to Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina. Leadership has relocated the CH-47F and their UH-60 Blackhawks together with their flight crews and rescue techs. This elite team is positioning itself to......
Photo by Master Sgt. George Roach | 111th Attack Wing | 09.14.2018
As Hurricane Florence made landfall, members of the Pennsylvania National Guard and the Pennsylvania Helicopter Aquatic Rescue Team relocate from Joint Base McEntire, South Carolina to Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina. Sending a CH-47F Chinooks and their UH-60 Blackhawks together with their flight crews and rescue technicians, this elite team is positioning itself to support the state of......
Photo by Master Sgt. George Roach | Joint Force Headquarters - Pennsylvania National Guard | 09.13.2018
A CH-47 Chinook Helicopter from the Eastern Army Aviation Training Site (EAATS) at Fort Indiantown Gap parks in a hangar at McEntire Joint National Guard Base before Hurricane Florence's arrival. The aircraft and crew will integrate with thousands of National Guard members and first responders that are prepositioning assets and supplies to be used in the response to Hurricane Florence. The......
Photo by Master Sgt. George Roach | Joint Force Headquarters - Pennsylvania National Guard | 09.13.2018
More than 25 Pennsylvania Air and Army National Guard members along with two UH-60 Black Hawks, and two CH-47 Chinook helicopters left from Fort Indiantown Gap and Johnstown, Pennsylvania Sept. 13 landing here at McEntire Joint National Guard Base, near Columbia, South Carolina. The aircraft and crew will integrate with thousands of National Guard members and first responders that are......
