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{ 2008 08 21 }

UH-60 Black Hawk

The Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk is a medium-lift utility or assault helicopter derived from the twin-turboshaft engine, single rotor Sikorsky S-70. The primary mission of this helicopter is that of tactical transport of troops, medical evacuation, cargo, and reconnaissance within the capabilities of the helicopter.

This is what I will fly. Training begins in the next 3-5 months, and lasts 14 weeks. Our initial duty station will be determined about halfway through training. 90% of people get one of their first three choices of duty station. My first three choices: Korea, Germany, Alaska.

Now, it’s just a matter of finishing.

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Posted by coriolinus on Thursday, August 21, 2008, at 1353, and filed under flight school. Automatic tags: , , , , Follow any responses to this post with its comments RSS feed. You can post a comment or trackback from your blog.

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Comment by Julia Windows XP Mozilla Firefox 3.0.1
2008-08-21 16:37:13

Congratulations! Best of luck finishing your training and landing a spot in Korea.

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Comment by coriolinus Windows XP Mozilla Firefox 3.0.1
2008-08-21 17:30:04

Thanks! I’m looking forward to all the rest of it.

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Comment by Explodicle Linux Mozilla Firefox 3.0.1
2008-08-21 19:45:00

Sweeeeet.

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