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Fresh From Afghanistan, US National Guard Chinooks Patrol Flooded NC

Fresh From Afghanistan, US National Guard Chinooks Patrol Flooded NC
National Guard CH-47F in Raleigh, N.C. (Photo by Dan Parsons

OVER EASTERN, N.C. — Before lifting off from Raleigh, N.C., pilot Peter Doerr, a chief warrant officer with the Maryland Army National Guard explains the day’s humanitarian relief mission and the CH-47F Chinook helicopter that would carry his crew half the state away to areas flooded by Hurricane Florence.Though they are obvious, he points out the exits to the crew of three, his co-pilot and the editor of sister publication Rotor & Wing International. He explains the areas outside the…

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