In the desolate landscape of Kuwait, the aircrew of a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter from 3rd Assault Helicopter Battalion, 227th Aviation Regiment, 1st Air Cavalry Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, scouts for a landing zone to conduct their dust qualification training, at Camp Beurhing, Kuwait, May 7. Kuwait is an ideal environment to complete the dust qualification landings before pushing north to support Operation Iraqi Freedom. Aviators master dust landings before heading to Iraq /-news/2009/05/09/20869-aviators-master-dust-landings-before-heading-to-iraq/

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