updates

‘Is it a bird, a plane?’ No it’s MEDEVAC Training on Fort Drum

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 20:57:07 +0100

Be sure to check out this video and story about our DUSTOFF Soldiers training here on Drum!

http://www.myabc50.com/news/local/story/Is-it-a-bird-a-plane-No-it-s-MEDEVAC-Training-on/WNlpsWc4EUGJSU1bW9yHow.cspx

DUSTOFF Awarded Goodrich International Hoist Rescue of the Year

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 20:30:40 +0100

The DUSTOFF crew who were awarded the Air/Sea Rescue of the Year award from Quad A were flown to Dallas, TX last week and received the award at the Adolphus hotel - where Chief Warrant Officer 2 Erik Sabiston was a guest speaker. The crowd was made up of hoist operators and pilots from everywhere as well as an author who makes shows for the History Channel and National Geographic. The crew was selected from quite a few entries from every country in the world - both military and civilian.

Congratulations to C Company 3-10 DUSTOFF for a job well done!

Phoenix Soldiers Receive UH-60 Maintainer Award

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:13:22 +0100

Photo by U.S. Army Sgt. Amanda Jo Brown

FORT DRUM, N.Y. – U.S. Army Maj. Michael Hale, operations officer in charge, Task Force Phoenix, 10th Combat Aviation Brigade, received the Sikorsky Black Hawk Maintainers award from U.S. Army Lt. Col. Clark, in the Task Force Knighthawk conference room on Wheeler-Sack Airfield here Feb. 2. The unit was awarded the plaque for the highest average fully mission capable UH-60 Black Hawk rate in 2010. U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. Ronald Dvorsky, TF Phoenix command sergeant major, joined Hale in receiving the award. “Phoenix Soldiers balanced their Family time while they prepared the unit’s aircraft after the deployment to Iraq,” said Dvorsky, “With a dwell time ranging from 10 to 12 months to prepare for Afghanistan the accomplishment is attributed to the leaders and Soldiers.”

Phoenix Earns Dept. of the Army Level Award

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:09:11 +0100

(Courtesy Photo)

Task Force Phoenix, 10th Combat Aviation Brigade, recently earned a Department of the Army level award for the quality of its work during their Operation Enduring Freedom tour from 2010 to 2011.

Near the end of 2011, the unit submitted information for the Lt. Gen. Ellis D. Parker Award for Top Army Aviation Battalion in the combat support category.

DUSTOFF - Making the Front Page!!!

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:43:39 +0100

(Courtesy Photo)

An aviation crew with C Company “Dustoff,” Task Force Phoenix, 10th Combat Aviation Brigade, recently earned an Army Aviation Association of America National Award for a mission conducted in June 2011 in the Kunar Province of Afghanistan.

The Air/Sea Rescue of the Year award was presented to Chief Warrant Officer 2 Erik Sabiston, pilot in command, Jan. 25 at Fort Rucker, Ala.

Check out this front page story here: http://www.drum.army.mil/mountaineer/Article.aspx?ID=6135