F Company, 159th Aviation Regiment.

         
Big Windy unit patch, circa 2002.

 

          "Big Windy"

 

          Homebase: Gieblestadt, Federal Republic of Germany.

          [Formerly the 180th Assault Support Helicopter Company (ASHC)]

 

 

             Iraq, Summer 2003: This page includes photographs of some of the "Big Windy" aircraft while on deployment to Iraq during the United States campaign in the War on Terrorism.

 

 

         
Nose art from 88-00102, a "Big Windy" helicopter in Iraq.

          "If the 60's don't get 'em the Rotor Wash will"

          Nose art from 88-00102, a "Big Windy" helicopter in Iraq.

 

 

         
Nose art from 89-00142, a "Big Windy" helicopter in Iraq.

          "Daffy's Delight"

          Nose art from 89-00142, a "Big Windy" helicopter in Iraq.

 

 

         
Nose art from 87-00072, a "Big Windy" helicopter in Iraq.

          "Bad Seed"

          Nose art from 87-00072, a "Big Windy" helicopter in Iraq.

 

 

          The CH-47 - 40 years old and still circling the world.

         

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