A CH-47F assigned to the 101st Airborne Division supporting Atlantic Resolve in Germany was flying over a ridgeline over Germany when the crew witnessed a car accident below and quickly landed so that the flight surgeon on board the helicopter can render first aid to the driver.
U.S. Army pilot Chief Warrant Officer 2 Dave Acton, flight engineer Sgt. Patrick Carter, medical officer Maj. Benjamin Stork, crew chief Spc. Bruce Cook and pilot Chief Warrant Officer Robert Riedel, a CH-47F Chinook crew chief assigned to B Company, 6th General Support Aviation Battalion, 101st Combat Aviation Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), stand in front of a helicopter at Storck Barracks in Illesheim, Germany, Dec. 16, 2020. The CAB flight crew landed in a field to provide medical assistance following a car accident they witnessed while flying back to Illesheim from a routine training mission, Dec. 15, 2020. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Garrett L. Dipuma)
Capt. Chen Yan-Zhen became the first woman pilot to qualify to fly the CH-47 recently. She had cleared her training on the TH-67 and OH-58D before being selected to fly the Chinook.
Bell Helicopter Flight Research Center welcomed soldiers from the 2-506th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) recently to gather their feedback on the cabin layout of the V-280.