Soldiers from the Army National Guard work to prepare a UH-60 Black Hawk from Detachment 2, Company F, 1-171st General Support Aviation Battalion, South Carolina Army National Guard, for sling-load movement to McEntire Joint National Guard Base, Eastover, , Dec. 7, 2014. The Black Hawk made an emergency landing in an open field Dec. 3, 2014, due to a main rotor blade malfunction in Columbia, The Black Hawk was released by the Accident Review Board for recovery and was being transported via sling-load under a Army National Guard CH-47 Chinook helicopter from Detachment 1


Soldiers from the Army National Guard work to prepare a UH-60 Black Hawk from Detachment 2, Company F, 1-171st General Support Aviation Battalion, South Carolina Army National Guard, for sling-load movement to McEntire Joint National Guard Base, Eastover, , Dec. 7, 2014. The Black Hawk made an emergency landing in an open field Dec. 3, 2014, due to a main rotor blade malfunction in Columbia, The Black Hawk was released by the Accident Review Board for recovery and was being transported via sling-load under a Army National Guard CH-47 Chinook helicopter from Detachment 1, B-Company, 2-238th General Support Aviation Battalion,   Army National Guard Army Aviation Support Facility in Greenville, The cause of the main rotor malfunction remains under investigation. (Photo by Sgt. Brian Calhoun/Released) SC National Guard recovers helicopter 141207-Z-ID851-006


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