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Eagle Flight Detachment Memorial Monument Friends
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Foundations poured and stones set at the Fort Rucker, AL, site (photo series by Ken Koch, 2007).
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February 2004 (photos by David Nuss):
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| Wide view of site at sunset in Giebelstadt. The helicopter replicas face west in the lead-trail formation in which they were flying. |
A plaque explains the monument and the reason why it is at Giebelstadt; three others list victims and tell about the mission. |
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One of the eight triangular stones around the center stone inscribed with crew names and badges.
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The cast metal helicopter replicas are the largest in the world and include tail numbers and other fine details.
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| Eagle Flight memorial patch designed by Jeff Gordon, Jim Teegarden and David Leach. | Jeff Colbert and Kurdish kids in northern Iraq (photograph provided by the Colbert family). | Erik Mounsey and John Garrett, Jr. in eastern Turkey/northern Iraq (photograph provided by Jeff Gordon). |
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Mike Hall in eastern Turkey/northern Iraq (photograph provided by Jeff Gordon).
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Erik Mounsey (photograph provided by Jeff Gordon).
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Mark Ellner, in the Crew Chief's seat of a Black Hawk (photograph provided by Georgia Bergmann)
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At the scene, an aerial view;... , top right; p, above; p, above right;
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Pilot Ken Koch searches the wreckage;...
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Part of a pilot's instrument panel;...
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Pieces of a tailboom;...
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wreckage and the scene, right. (photographs provided by Jeff Gordon)
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A memorial event was held in the town of Zahku, in northern Iraq
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"They came to save us, and to give us dignity. Their sacrifice will remain in the minds of our children for the rest of their lives. We will teach their names to our children, and keep their names in our books of history as heroes who gave their lives for freedom." --Sheik Ahmet, 17 April 1994 memorial service in Zakhu, Iraq |
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Eagle Flight Black Hawk hovers in front of part of Saddam's lower palace complex in northern Iraq (photograph provided by Mike Nye).
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Cpt McKenna climbs his Black Hawk away from Zakhu, Iraq, in early 1994. |
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| copyright 1994-2007 some material used by permission |
