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+ Follow SPECIAL OPERATIONS AVIATION REGIMENT Tag
SPECIAL OPERATIONS AVIATION REGIMENT
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                    [ArticleID] => 1279883
                    [Title] => 1 killed in Army helicopter 'hard landing' in US
                    [Summary] => 

A member of an elite U.S. Army helicopter unit was killed and two crew members suffered injuries when their aircraft slammed into the ground as they tried to land at Hunter Army Airfield in Savannah, Georgia, a military spokesman said Thursday.

[DatePublished] => 2014-01-17 08:57:05 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1726323 [AuthorName] => Russ Bynum [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 151600 [Title] => Chinook: From Iraq to Somalia [Summary] => Named after an American Indian tribe from North America’s Pacific coast, the MH-47E "Chinook" helicopter and its variants have been the choice aircraft for missions overseas of the US Army’s Special Operations Aviation Regiment (SOAR).

The Chinook figured heavily in "Operation Just Cause" in Somalia and "Operation Desert Storm" in Iraq for insertion of commandos as well as rescue of downed pilots.
[DatePublished] => 2002-02-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805432 [AuthorName] => Paolo Romero [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
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