Utah National Guard 1st Battalion, 211th Aviation Soldiers say their good-byes at the West Jordan Army Aviation Facility on their way to Fort Hood, Texas for a few months of training before they move forward into Afghanistan for a yearlong deployment. The majority of Soldiers loaded buses to awaiting chartered aircraft on Jan. 16. Due to the snowy conditions the pilots and AH-64D Apaches left the following day, flying out under blue skies.

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