Phoenix native Spc. Elodia May (left), an AH-64D Apache attack helicopter crew chief for 1st "Attack" Battalion, 227th Aviation Regiment, 1st Air Cavalry Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, talks to fellow crew chief and Shawano, Wis., native Spc. Jackie Harris (right), through an internal communications system while she prepares to take a ride in an Apache at Robert Gray Army Air Field, Fort Hood, Texas, Aug. 26, 2008. It's rare that anyone but an Apache pilot ever rides in and Apache, said May. Grounded no more, Apache crew chiefs fly 112405

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