From left, Sgt. Adam Duncan, Spc. Zachary Jones, and Sgt Johnny Bagwell, all with the 2nd Battalion, 501st Aviation Regiment, 1st Combat Aviation Brigade, 1st Armored Division, from Fort Bliss, Texas, tie down a rotor blade on a Black Hawk helicopter as part of the preparation to load the aircraft onto a ship to redeploy from Liberia, Feb. 10, 2015. Deployed as Task Force Iron Knights, 2-501st Avn. Regt. was the aviation asset for Joint Forces Command - United Assistance in support of Operation United Assistance. Soldiers disassembled the helicopters at the 101st Sustainment Brigade’s (Lifelin


From left, Sgt. Adam Duncan, Spc. Zachary Jones, and Sgt Johnny Bagwell, all with the 2nd Battalion, 501st Aviation Regiment, 1st Combat Aviation Brigade, 1st Armored Division, from Fort Bliss, Texas, tie down a rotor blade on a Black Hawk helicopter as part of the preparation to load the aircraft onto a ship to redeploy from Liberia, Feb. 10, 2015. Deployed as Task Force Iron Knights, 2-501st Avn. Regt. was the aviation asset for Joint Forces Command - United Assistance in support of Operation United Assistance. Soldiers disassembled the helicopters at the 101st Sustainment Brigade’s (Lifeliners) Division Support Area near the Port of Buchanan, in Buchanan, Liberia. The 101st Sustainment Brigade is the logistical element in support of Operation United Assistance. Operation United Assistance is a Department of Defense operation in Liberia to provide logistics, medical training and engineering support to Agency for International Development-led efforts to contain the Ebola virus outbreak in western Africa. ( Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Mary Rose Mittlesteadt, 101st Sustainment Brigade Public Affairs/RELEASED) Liberia, Aviation unit prepares aircraft to redeploy 150210-A-KO462-118


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