I was in a Chinook company on Ft Wainwright in 75, almost all of the pilots I flew with were Vietnam vets. Some of those guys could fly that big Bird to the absolute limits, I learned early on to hang on tight when one would ask the new copilot if they had ever seen one do some maneuver. Had a lot of fun with those guys. The Huey company was on Ft Richardson, the rest of the battalion was on Wainwright.
I was at B Btry 1/43 ADA (Site Summit) just south of Ft. Richardson in 1975 and the first half of 1976.
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